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Recognised as Colour

#08CDF8

  • #08CDF8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#08CDF8 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 205, 248 and HSL 191°, 94%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#08CDF8#08CDF8
HEX#08CDF8
RGBrgb(8, 205, 248)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.8039, 0.9725
RGB percentages3.1%, 80.4%, 97.3%
HSLhsl(190.8, 94.5%, 50.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.8, 96.8%, 97.3%)
CMYK96.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer577,016
CSS custom property--colour: #08CDF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.50492WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.1:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#F73207

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3C7FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#98B4F8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBDBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14Sky blue · ΔE 17Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.6Light blue · ΔE 27.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F83308
Analogous#08F8AB, #0855F8
Triadic#F808CD, #CDF808
Split complementary#F80855, #F8AB08
Tetradic#AB08F8, #F83308, #55F808

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CEF5FE
Lighter +30%#9DEBFC
Lighter +20%#6BE1FB
Lighter +10%#3AD7F9
Darker −10%#06A5C7
Darker −20%#047C96
Darker −30%#035364
Darker −40%#012A33
More saturated +25%#01D1FF
Less saturated −25%#28B9D8

Channel breakdown

R8
G205
B248
Red8 (3.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue248 (97.3%)
Hue190.75°
Saturation (HSL)94.49%
Lightness50.2%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G CD · B F8

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