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Recognised as Colour

#0CB4E5

  • #0CB4E5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#0CB4E5 is a cyan with RGB values 12, 180, 229 and HSL 194°, 90%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#0CB4E5#0CB4E5
HEX#0CB4E5
RGBrgb(12, 180, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.0471, 0.7059, 0.898
RGB percentages4.7%, 70.6%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(193.5, 90%, 47.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 94.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK94.8%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer832,741
CSS custom property--colour: #0CB4E5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38378WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.68:1
Contrast with white2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#F34B1A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#99B1E7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#809FE4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 29 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.1Light skyblue · ΔE 16.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Cadetblue · ΔE 28.6Light steelblue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.1, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E53D0C
Analogous#0CE5A9, #0C48E5
Triadic#E50CB4, #B4E50C
Split complementary#E50C48, #E5A90C
Tetradic#A90CE5, #E53D0C, #48E50C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1EFFC
Lighter +30%#91E2F9
Lighter +20%#60D5F7
Lighter +10%#30C8F4
Darker −10%#098EB5
Darker −20%#076884
Darker −30%#044254
Darker −40%#021C23
More saturated +25%#00BBF1
Less saturated −25%#2AA3C7

Channel breakdown

R12
G180
B229
Red12 (4.7%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue193.55°
Saturation (HSL)90.04%
Lightness47.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 0C · G B4 · B E5

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