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Recognised as Colour

#0CADE8

  • #0CADE8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0CADE8 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 173, 232 and HSL 196°, 90%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#0CADE8#0CADE8
HEX#0CADE8
RGBrgb(12, 173, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.6784, 0.9098
RGB percentages4.7%, 67.8%, 91%
HSLhsl(196.1, 90.2%, 47.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.1, 94.8%, 91%)
CMYK94.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer830,952
CSS custom property--colour: #0CADE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35791WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#F35217

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8FABEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#7599E7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7Light skyblue · ΔE 18.2Steel blue · ΔE 19.7Sky blue · ΔE 22.5Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.3Light steelblue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8470C
Analogous#0CE8B5, #0C3FE8
Triadic#E80CAD, #ADE80C
Split complementary#E80C3F, #E8B50C
Tetradic#B50CE8, #E8470C, #3FE80C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4EDFC
Lighter +30%#94DEF9
Lighter +20%#63CFF7
Lighter +10%#33C0F4
Darker −10%#0989B8
Darker −20%#076587
Darker −30%#044157
Darker −40%#021C26
More saturated +25%#00B3F4
Less saturated −25%#2A9FC9

Channel breakdown

R12
G173
B232
Red12 (4.7%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue196.09°
Saturation (HSL)90.16%
Lightness47.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0C · G AD · B E8

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