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Recognised as Colour

#008ED0

  • #008ED0
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#008ED0 is a cyan with RGB values 0, 142, 208 and HSL 199°, 100%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#008ED0#008ED0
HEX#008ED0
RGBrgb(0, 142, 208)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5569, 0.8157
RGB percentages0%, 55.7%, 81.6%
HSLhsl(199, 100%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 100%, 81.6%)
CMYK100%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer36,560
CSS custom property--colour: #008ED0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.239WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness129.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.78:1
Contrast with white3.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#757575
Inverted#FF712F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6E8FD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#547FCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009FA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.63:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.7Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 27.4Light skyblue · ΔE 27.8Light slate grey · ΔE 32.1
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.67, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D04200
Analogous#00D0AA, #0026D0
Triadic#D0008E, #8ED000
Split complementary#D00026, #D0AA00
Tetradic#AA00D0, #D04200, #26D000

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9DE0FF
Lighter +30%#6AD0FF
Lighter +20%#37C0FF
Lighter +10%#04AFFF
Darker −10%#006B9D
Darker −20%#00486A
Darker −30%#002637
Darker −40%#000304
More saturated +25%#008ED0
Less saturated −25%#1A84B6

Channel breakdown

R0
G142
B208
Red0 (0%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue208 (81.6%)
Hue199.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8E · B D0

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