Colour

#08BCED

#08BCED
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#08BCED is a cyan with RGB values 8, 188, 237 and HSL 193°, 93%, 48%. 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

#08BCED#08BCED

HEX#08BCED

RGBrgb(8, 188, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7373, 0.9294

RGB percentages3.1%, 73.7%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(192.8, 93.5%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(192.8, 96.6%, 92.9%)

CMYK96.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer572,653

CSS custom property--colour: #08BCED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.43:1

Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#999999

Inverted#F74312

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1B8EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#87A6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00CACCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 8.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8 Sky blue · ΔE 17.8 Steel blue · ΔE 26 Dark turquoise · ΔE 28.5 Light blue · ΔE 29.3

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 8.66, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED3908

Analogous#08EDAB, #084AED

Triadic#ED08BC, #BCED08

Split complementary#ED084A, #EDAB08

Tetradic#AB08ED, #ED3908, #4AED08

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4F1FD

Lighter +30%#93E5FB

Lighter +20%#61D9FA

Lighter +10%#30CDF8

Darker −10%#0695BC

Darker −20%#056E8A

Darker −30%#034759

Darker −40%#011F28

More saturated +25%#00C1F5

Less saturated −25%#27AACE

Channel breakdown

G188

B237

Red8 (3.1%)

Green188 (73.7%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue192.84°

Saturation (HSL)93.47%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G BC · B ED

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Colour values

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