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Recognised as Colour

#08CAF3

  • #08CAF3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#08CAF3 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 202, 243 and HSL 190°, 94%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#08CAF3#08CAF3
HEX#08CAF3
RGBrgb(8, 202, 243)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7922, 0.9529
RGB percentages3.1%, 79.2%, 95.3%
HSLhsl(190.5, 93.6%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 96.7%, 95.3%)
CMYK96.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 4.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer576,243
CSS custom property--colour: #08CAF3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48764WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness175.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.75:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#F7350C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1C4F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#96B1F3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 16.7Light skyblue · ΔE 17.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 22.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.6Light blue · ΔE 27.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.6, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F33108
Analogous#08F3A7, #0854F3
Triadic#F308CA, #CAF308
Split complementary#F30854, #F3A708
Tetradic#A708F3, #F33108, #54F308

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAF4FD
Lighter +30%#98EAFC
Lighter +20%#67E0FA
Lighter +10%#36D6F8
Darker −10%#06A1C2
Darker −20%#057890
Darker −30%#034F5F
Darker −40%#01262E
More saturated +25%#00CFFB
Less saturated −25%#27B6D4

Channel breakdown

R8
G202
B243
Red8 (3.1%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue243 (95.3%)
Hue190.47°
Saturation (HSL)93.63%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G CA · B F3

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