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Recognised as Colour

#00B8EB

  • #00B8EB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#00B8EB is a cyan with RGB values 0, 184, 235 and HSL 193°, 100%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#00B8EB#00B8EB
HEX#00B8EB
RGBrgb(0, 184, 235)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.7216, 0.9216
RGB percentages0%, 72.2%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(193, 100%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193, 100%, 92.2%)
CMYK100%, 21.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer47,339
CSS custom property--colour: #00B8EB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40279WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.06:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#FF4714

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB5EDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A2EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.2Sky blue · ΔE 18.7Steel blue · ΔE 24.4Cadetblue · ΔE 30Light steelblue · ΔE 30.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB3300
Analogous#00EBA8, #0043EB
Triadic#EB00B8, #B8EB00
Split complementary#EB0043, #EBA800
Tetradic#A800EB, #EB3300, #43EB00

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8F0FF
Lighter +30%#85E5FF
Lighter +20%#52D9FF
Lighter +10%#1FCEFF
Darker −10%#0090B8
Darker −20%#006885
Darker −30%#004052
Darker −40%#00181F
More saturated +25%#00B8EB
Less saturated −25%#1DA7CE

Channel breakdown

R0
G184
B235
Red0 (0%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue193.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 00 · G B8 · B EB

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