All About Color #00B8E6

#00B8E6

About #00B8E6

#00B8E6 is a medium cyan color with the hex code #00B8E6. In RGB it is red 0, green 184, blue 230; in HSL it is hue 192°, saturation 100%, lightness 45%; in CMYK it is 100%, 20%, 0%, 10%. Its contrast ratio is 2.33:1 on white and 9.00:1 on black.

#00B8E6 Color Conversion

Hex triplet00, B8, E6
CMYK100.00%, 20.00%, 0.00%, 9.80%
RGB Decimal0, 184, 230
HSL192°, 100%, 45%
RGB Octal0, 270, 346
HSV (HSB)192.00°, 100.00%, 90.20%
RGB Binary0, 10111000, 11100110
CIE-L*AB69.47, -22.65, -33.81
RGB Percent0.00%, 72.16%, 90.20%
CIE-L*CH69.47, 40.70, 236.18
XYZ31.42, 39.99, 80.93
CIE-L*UV69.47, -48.80, -51.05
xyY0.21, 0.26, 39.99
Hunter-Lab63.24, -21.98, -31.60
RYB0.00%, 40.09%, 90.20%

Color Accessibility Scores

#00B8E6 on a dark background: contrast 9.00:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#00B8E6 on a light background: contrast 2.33:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #00B8E6, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#00B8E6 · #42D9FF · #006E8A · #E62E00 · #FF6842

Analogous palette

#00E62E · #00E6A1 · #00B8E6 · #0045E6 · #2E00E6

Triadic palette

#00B8E6 · #E600B8 · #B8E600 · #42D9FF · #FF42D9

Tetradic palette

#00B8E6 · #A100E6 · #E62E00 · #45E600 · #006E8A

Monochromatic palette

#003D4D · #007A99 · #00B8E6 · #33D6FF · #80E5FF

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