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Recognised as Colour

#08BDED

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

#08BDED is a cyan with RGB values 8, 189, 237 and HSL 193°, 93%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#08BDED#08BDED
HEX#08BDED
RGBrgb(8, 189, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7412, 0.9294
RGB percentages3.1%, 74.1%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(192.6, 93.5%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.6, 96.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK96.6%, 20.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer572,909
CSS custom property--colour: #08BDED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42561WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.51:1
Contrast with white2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.51:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#F74212

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2B9EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Deuteranopia#88A6ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00CBCDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.51:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.3Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Sky blue · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 26.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 27.8Light blue · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.27, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED3808
Analogous#08EDAB, #084AED
Triadic#ED08BD, #BDED08
Split complementary#ED084A, #EDAA08
Tetradic#AB08ED, #ED3808, #4BED08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4F1FD
Lighter +30%#93E5FB
Lighter +20%#61DAFA
Lighter +10%#30CEF8
Darker −10%#0696BC
Darker −20%#056E8A
Darker −30%#034759
Darker −40%#012028
More saturated +25%#00C2F5
Less saturated −25%#27ABCE

Channel breakdown

R8
G189
B237
Red8 (3.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue192.58°
Saturation (HSL)93.47%
Lightness48.04%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G BD · B ED

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