Recognised as Colour
#008E8A
- #008E8A
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Dark cyan
#008E8A is a cyan with RGB values 0, 142, 138 and HSL 178°, 100%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.2:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.
Colour values
#008E8A#008E8A
HEX#008E8A
RGBrgb(0, 142, 138)
RGB (0–1)0, 0.5569, 0.5412
RGB percentages0%, 55.7%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(178.3, 100%, 27.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.3, 100%, 55.7%)
CMYK100%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer36,490
CSS custom property--colour: #008E8A;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.21181WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.24:1
Contrast with white4.01:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.24:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#FF7175
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.01:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.24:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#8E0004
Analogous#008E43, #004B8E
Triadic#8A008E, #8E8A00
Split complementary#8E004B, #8E4300
Tetradic#43008E, #8E0004, #4B8E00
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R0
G142
B138
Red0 (0%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue178.31°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness27.84%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 00 · G 8E · B 8A
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