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Recognised as Colour

#088C8A

  • #088C8A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#088C8A is a cyan with RGB values 8, 140, 138 and HSL 179°, 89%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.1:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#088C8A#088C8A
HEX#088C8A
RGBrgb(8, 140, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.549, 0.5412
RGB percentages3.1%, 54.9%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(179.1, 89.2%, 29%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.1, 94.3%, 54.9%)
CMYK94.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer560,266
CSS custom property--colour: #088C8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.20643WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness117 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.13:1
Contrast with white4.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.13:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#F77375

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#82848Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#72788Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00918Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.09:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 1.2Teal · ΔE 4.9Cadetblue · ΔE 14.3Light seagreen · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 25.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 1.23, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8C080A
Analogous#088C48, #084C8C
Triadic#8A088C, #8C8A08
Split complementary#8C084C, #8C4808
Tetradic#48088C, #8C080A, #4C8C08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#6AF6F4
Lighter +30%#39F4F1
Lighter +20%#0EECE9
Lighter +10%#0BBCBA
Darker −10%#055C5A
Darker −20%#022C2B
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009492
Less saturated −25%#1B7A78

Channel breakdown

R8
G140
B138
Red8 (3.1%)
Green140 (54.9%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue179.09°
Saturation (HSL)89.19%
Lightness29.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 08 · G 8C · B 8A

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