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Recognised as Colour

#08B9FF

  • #08B9FF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#08B9FF is a cyan with RGB values 8, 185, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 52%. 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

#08B9FF#08B9FF
HEX#08B9FF
RGBrgb(8, 185, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7255, 1
RGB percentages3.1%, 72.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(197, 100%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197, 96.9%, 100%)
CMYK96.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer571,903
CSS custom property--colour: #08B9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4197WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.39:1
Contrast with white2.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#F74600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96B8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#79A5FEno 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 39.1 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 text9.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 4.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.2Steel blue · ΔE 24.7Sky blue · ΔE 25.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.6Dodgerblue · ΔE 32.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 4.62, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF4E08
Analogous#08FFC9, #083EFF
Triadic#FF08B9, #B9FF08
Split complementary#FF083E, #FFC908
Tetradic#C908FF, #FF4E08, #3DFF08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4F3FF
Lighter +30%#A1E4FF
Lighter +20%#6ED6FF
Lighter +10%#3BC7FF
Darker −10%#0098D4
Darker −20%#0073A1
Darker −30%#004F6E
Darker −40%#002A3B
More saturated +25%#08B9FF
Less saturated −25%#27ACE0

Channel breakdown

R8
G185
B255
Red8 (3.1%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G B9 · B FF

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