Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#0BB2EC

  • #0BB2EC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0BB2EC is a cyan with RGB values 11, 178, 236 and HSL 195°, 91%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#0BB2EC#0BB2EC
HEX#0BB2EC
RGBrgb(11, 178, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.0431, 0.698, 0.9255
RGB percentages4.3%, 69.8%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(195.5, 91.1%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.5, 95.3%, 92.5%)
CMYK95.3%, 24.6%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer766,700
CSS custom property--colour: #0BB2EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37968WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.59:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#F44D13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94B0EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7A9EEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 5.6Light skyblue · ΔE 17.2Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Steel blue · ΔE 21.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 28.9Light steelblue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC450B
Analogous#0BECB6, #0B41EC
Triadic#EC0BB2, #B2EC0B
Split complementary#EC0B41, #ECB60B
Tetradic#B60BEC, #EC450B, #41EC0B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C7EFFC
Lighter +30%#96E0FA
Lighter +20%#65D2F8
Lighter +10%#34C4F6
Darker −10%#098DBB
Darker −20%#06688B
Darker −30%#04445A
Darker −40%#021F29
More saturated +25%#00B7F7
Less saturated −25%#2AA3CD

Channel breakdown

R11
G178
B236
Red11 (4.3%)
Green178 (69.8%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue195.47°
Saturation (HSL)91.09%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0B · G B2 · B EC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “0bb2ec” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.