Recognised as Colour

#08A7C8

#08A7C8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#08A7C8 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 167, 200 and HSL 190°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#08A7C8#08A7C8

HEX#08A7C8

RGBrgb(8, 167, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.6549, 0.7843

RGB percentages3.1%, 65.5%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(190.3, 92.3%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 96%, 78.4%)

CMYK96%, 16.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer567,240

CSS custom property--colour: #08A7C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31859WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.37:1

Contrast with white2.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#888888

Inverted#F75837

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#92A2CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original

Deuteranopia#7C92C8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00B2B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 19.3 Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 20.1 Light skyblue · ΔE 21.1 Dark cyan · ΔE 22.1 Steel blue · ΔE 23.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 19.25, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C82908

Analogous#08C889, #0847C8

Triadic#C808A7, #A7C808

Split complementary#C80847, #C88908

Tetradic#8908C8, #C82908, #47C808

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#A1ECFB

Lighter +30%#70E2F9

Lighter +20%#3FD8F7

Lighter +10%#0ECEF5

Darker −10%#067E97

Darker −20%#045566

Darker −30%#022C35

Darker −40%#000304

More saturated +25%#00ACD0

Less saturated −25%#2296AE

Channel breakdown

G167

B200

Red8 (3.1%)

Green167 (65.5%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue190.31°

Saturation (HSL)92.31%

Lightness40.78%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G A7 · B C8

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