Colour

#087CA8

#087CA8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Steel blue

#087CA8 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 124, 168 and HSL 197°, 91%, 35%. 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

#087CA8#087CA8

HEX#087CA8

RGBrgb(8, 124, 168)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.4863, 0.6588

RGB percentages3.1%, 48.6%, 65.9%

HSLhsl(196.5, 90.9%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(196.5, 95.2%, 65.9%)

CMYK95.2%, 26.2%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer556,200

CSS custom property--colour: #087CA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.17294WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness110.7 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 black4.46:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#676767

Inverted#F78357

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#667BAAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#526EA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00888Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.1 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 text4.46:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 9 Slate grey · ΔE 23.5 Light slate grey · ΔE 23.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 27 Cadetblue · ΔE 28 Teal · ΔE 28.3

Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 9, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A83408

Analogous#08A884, #082CA8

Triadic#A8087C, #7CA808

Split complementary#A8082C, #A88408

Tetradic#8408A8, #A83408, #2CA808

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#83D9F9

Lighter +30%#52CAF7

Lighter +20%#22BAF4

Lighter +10%#0AA0D9

Darker −10%#065877

Darker −20%#033447

Darker −30%#011016

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#0080B0

Less saturated −25%#1E7292

Channel breakdown

G124

B168

Red8 (3.1%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue168 (65.9%)

Hue196.5°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 7C · B A8

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