Recognised as Colour

#087CCD

#087CCD
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Cornflower blue

#087CCD is a blue with RGB values 8, 124, 205 and HSL 205°, 92%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#087CCD#087CCD

HEX#087CCD

RGBrgb(8, 124, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.4863, 0.8039

RGB percentages3.1%, 48.6%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(204.7, 92.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(204.7, 96.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK96.1%, 39.5%, 0%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer556,237

CSS custom property--colour: #087CCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18875WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness117.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.77:1

Contrast with white4.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.77:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#696969

Inverted#F78332

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5381D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#3571CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 10.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00909Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 46.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.4:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.77:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.2 Steel blue · ΔE 18.6 Royal blue · ΔE 29 Deep skyblue · ΔE 30.4 Dark slateblue · ΔE 32

Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CD5908

Analogous#08CDBB, #081ACD

Triadic#CD087C, #7CCD08

Split complementary#CD081A, #CDBB08

Tetradic#BB08CD, #CD5908, #1ACD08

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A5D8FC

Lighter +30%#74C3FA

Lighter +20%#43AEF8

Lighter +10%#1298F6

Darker −10%#065E9C

Darker −20%#04416B

Darker −30%#02233A

Darker −40%#000509

More saturated +25%#007DD5

Less saturated −25%#2377B2

Channel breakdown

G124

B205

Red8 (3.1%)

Green124 (48.6%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue204.67°

Saturation (HSL)92.49%

Lightness41.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G 7C · B CD

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