Colour

#08ADFA

#08ADFA
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#08ADFA is a cyan with RGB values 8, 173, 250 and HSL 199°, 96%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#08ADFA#08ADFA

HEX#08ADFA

RGBrgb(8, 173, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.6784, 0.9804

RGB percentages3.1%, 67.8%, 98%

HSLhsl(199.1, 96%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 96.8%, 98%)

CMYK96.8%, 30.8%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer568,826

CSS custom property--colour: #08ADFA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36841WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.37:1

Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#F75205

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#88AEFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#699BF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C0C8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 11.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.6 Steel blue · ΔE 22.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 23.5 Dodgerblue · ΔE 25.8 Sky blue · ΔE 30.1

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 11.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FA5508

Analogous#08FACE, #0834FA

Triadic#FA08AD, #ADFA08

Split complementary#FA0834, #FACE08

Tetradic#CE08FA, #FA5508, #34FA08

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D0EFFE

Lighter +30%#9EDFFD

Lighter +20%#6CCEFC

Lighter +10%#3ABEFB

Darker −10%#048CCB

Darker −20%#036999

Darker −30%#024767

Darker −40%#012435

More saturated +25%#03AFFF

Less saturated −25%#28A2DB

Channel breakdown

G173

B250

Red8 (3.1%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue199.09°

Saturation (HSL)96.03%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G AD · B FA

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