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Recognised as Colour

#08AAEB

  • #08AAEB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#08AAEB is a cyan with RGB values 8, 170, 235 and HSL 197°, 93%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#08AAEB#08AAEB
HEX#08AAEB
RGBrgb(8, 170, 235)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.6667, 0.9216
RGB percentages3.1%, 66.7%, 92.2%
HSLhsl(197.2, 93.4%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.2, 96.6%, 92.2%)
CMYK96.6%, 27.7%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer568,043
CSS custom property--colour: #08AAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34799WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#F75514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AA9EEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6F97EAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.2Steel blue · ΔE 19.1Light skyblue · ΔE 20.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.9Sky blue · ΔE 25.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EB4908
Analogous#08EBBB, #0838EB
Triadic#EB08AA, #AAEB08
Split complementary#EB0838, #EBBB08
Tetradic#BB08EB, #EB4908, #38EB08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2ECFD
Lighter +30%#91DDFB
Lighter +20%#5FCDFA
Lighter +10%#2EBEF8
Darker −10%#0686BA
Darker −20%#056388
Darker −30%#033F57
Darker −40%#011B26
More saturated +25%#00ADF3
Less saturated −25%#269DCD

Channel breakdown

R8
G170
B235
Red8 (3.1%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue235 (92.2%)
Hue197.18°
Saturation (HSL)93.42%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G AA · B EB

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