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Recognised as Colour

#087BAE

  • #087BAE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#087BAE is a cyan with RGB values 8, 123, 174 and HSL 198°, 91%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#087BAE#087BAE
HEX#087BAE
RGBrgb(8, 123, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.4824, 0.6824
RGB percentages3.1%, 48.2%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(198.4, 91.2%, 35.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.4, 95.4%, 68.2%)
CMYK95.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer555,950
CSS custom property--colour: #087BAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17274WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness111.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 4.71:1
Contrast with white4.71:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#666666
Inverted#F78451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#627BB0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#4D6DADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00888Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 7.1Slate grey · ΔE 25.7Light slate grey · ΔE 25.9Deep skyblue · ΔE 26.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.1Light skyblue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 7.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE3B08
Analogous#08AE8E, #0828AE
Triadic#AE087B, #7BAE08
Split complementary#AE0828, #AE8E08
Tetradic#8E08AE, #AE3B08, #28AE08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88D7FA
Lighter +30%#58C6F7
Lighter +20%#27B6F5
Lighter +10%#0A9DDF
Darker −10%#06597D
Darker −20%#04364C
Darker −30%#01141C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#007EB6
Less saturated −25%#1F7297

Channel breakdown

R8
G123
B174
Red8 (3.1%)
Green123 (48.2%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue198.43°
Saturation (HSL)91.21%
Lightness35.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G 7B · B AE

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