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Recognised as Colour

#08BEC2

  • #08BEC2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#08BEC2 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 190, 194 and HSL 181°, 92%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#08BEC2#08BEC2
HEX#08BEC2
RGBrgb(8, 190, 194)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7451, 0.7608
RGB percentages3.1%, 74.5%, 76.1%
HSLhsl(181.3, 92.1%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.3, 95.9%, 76.1%)
CMYK95.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer573,122
CSS custom property--colour: #08BEC2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40774WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.15:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#F7413D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0B4C3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#9AA4C3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.1Light seagreen · ΔE 8.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.5Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Dark cyan · ΔE 19.4Cadetblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C20C08
Analogous#08C269, #0861C2
Triadic#C208BE, #BEC208
Split complementary#C20861, #C26908
Tetradic#6908C2, #C20C08, #61C208

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9BF9FB
Lighter +30%#6AF6F9
Lighter +20%#39F3F7
Lighter +10%#0AEEF3
Darker −10%#068E91
Darker −20%#045E60
Darker −30%#022E2F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C6CA
Less saturated −25%#21A6A9

Channel breakdown

R8
G190
B194
Red8 (3.1%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue194 (76.1%)
Hue181.29°
Saturation (HSL)92.08%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G BE · B C2

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