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Recognised as Colour

#08BFC8

  • #08BFC8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#08BFC8 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 191, 200 and HSL 183°, 92%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#08BFC8#08BFC8
HEX#08BFC8
RGBrgb(8, 191, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.749, 0.7843
RGB percentages3.1%, 74.9%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(182.8, 92.3%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.8, 96%, 78.4%)
CMYK96%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer573,384
CSS custom property--colour: #08BFC8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41483WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#F74037

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB6C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A5C9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.9Light seagreen · ΔE 10.7Turquoise · ΔE 18Dark cyan · ΔE 20.2Cadetblue · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.86, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C81108
Analogous#08C871, #085FC8
Triadic#C808BF, #BFC808
Split complementary#C8085F, #C87108
Tetradic#7108C8, #C81108, #5FC808

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A1F7FB
Lighter +30%#70F3F9
Lighter +20%#3FEFF7
Lighter +10%#0EEAF5
Darker −10%#069097
Darker −20%#046166
Darker −30%#023335
Darker −40%#000404
More saturated +25%#00C6D0
Less saturated −25%#22A7AE

Channel breakdown

R8
G191
B200
Red8 (3.1%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue182.81°
Saturation (HSL)92.31%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G BF · B C8

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