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Recognised as Colour

#08B9FE

  • #08B9FE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#08B9FE is a cyan with RGB values 8, 185, 254 and HSL 197°, 99%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#08B9FE#08B9FE
HEX#08B9FE
RGBrgb(8, 185, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7255, 0.9961
RGB percentages3.1%, 72.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(196.8, 99.2%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.8, 96.9%, 99.6%)
CMYK96.9%, 27.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer571,902
CSS custom property--colour: #08B9FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.38:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#F74601

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#97B8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#79A5FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.24:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 4.1Light skyblue · ΔE 18.9Steel blue · ΔE 24.6Sky blue · ΔE 24.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 26Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 4.12, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE4D08
Analogous#08FEC8, #083EFE
Triadic#FE08B9, #B9FE08
Split complementary#FE083E, #FEC808
Tetradic#C808FE, #FE4D08, #3EFE08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F3FF
Lighter +30%#A0E4FF
Lighter +20%#6ED6FE
Lighter +10%#3BC7FE
Darker −10%#0197D2
Darker −20%#01739F
Darker −30%#004E6D
Darker −40%#002A3A
More saturated +25%#07B9FF
Less saturated −25%#27ABDF

Channel breakdown

R8
G185
B254
Red8 (3.1%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue196.83°
Saturation (HSL)99.19%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G B9 · B FE

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