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Alight Yogyakarta

#08a3ff
Notes

Alight Yogyakarta (#08A3FF) is a true azure with a neon character. It sits at the high-saturation edge of its family. Use it sparingly, as signage, accent, or highlight against darker surfaces. Its HSL profile (202°, 100%, 52%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary orange. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#08a3ff
RGB
rgb(8, 163, 255)
HSL
hsl(202, 100%, 52%)
HWB
hwb(202 3% 0%)
OKLCH
oklch(69.2% 0.173 245.2)
HSV
hsv(202, 97%, 100%)
LAB
lab(64.53% -2.06 -55.17)
LCH
lch(64.53% 55.21 267.86)
CMYK
cmyk(97%, 36%, 0%, 0%)

Etymology

Alight
adjective

Old English ā-lihtan, to set alight — past-participle of alight. As a color modifier, alight implies a saturated-and-currently-illuminated quality, the bright color of Christmas-tree and Diwali-lamp festival-decoration illuminated-and-twinkling emission. Sits at the bright-and-warm end of the grid, parallel to aflame and aglow in usage.

Yogyakarta
noun

The Indonesian Javanese cultural capital — and the deep blue of batik textiles produced in the Kraton (royal palace) and Imogiri royal-cemetery workshops. Yogyakarta color refers to a batik tulis deep-blue silk: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue with the satin finish of indigo-and-soga (resist-dye) batik.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#08a3ff
Original
#76a7ff
Protanopia
#5494fd
Deuteranopia
#00bac5
Tritanopia
#898989
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.73:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
7.69:1

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