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Recognised as Colour

#08BCC9

  • #08BCC9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#08BCC9 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 188, 201 and HSL 184°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#08BCC9#08BCC9
HEX#08BCC9
RGBrgb(8, 188, 201)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7373, 0.7882
RGB percentages3.1%, 73.7%, 78.8%
HSLhsl(184, 92.3%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 96%, 78.8%)
CMYK96%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer572,617
CSS custom property--colour: #08BCC9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.05:1
Contrast with white2.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#F74336

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB4CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#95A3CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.3Light seagreen · ΔE 12.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.5Dark cyan · ΔE 19.8Turquoise · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C91508
Analogous#08C975, #085CC9
Triadic#C908BC, #BCC908
Split complementary#C9085C, #C97508
Tetradic#7508C9, #C91508, #5CC908

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A2F5FB
Lighter +30%#71F0F9
Lighter +20%#40EBF7
Lighter +10%#0FE6F5
Darker −10%#068E98
Darker −20%#046067
Darker −30%#023236
Darker −40%#000405
More saturated +25%#00C3D1
Less saturated −25%#22A5AF

Channel breakdown

R8
G188
B201
Red8 (3.1%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue201 (78.8%)
Hue184.04°
Saturation (HSL)92.34%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G BC · B C9

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