Recognised as Colour

#08A897

#08A897
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#08A897 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 168, 151 and HSL 174°, 91%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#08A897#08A897

HEX#08A897

RGBrgb(8, 168, 151)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.6588, 0.5922

RGB percentages3.1%, 65.9%, 59.2%

HSLhsl(173.6, 90.9%, 34.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.6, 95.2%, 65.9%)

CMYK95.2%, 0%, 10.1%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer567,447

CSS custom property--colour: #08A897;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness138.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.06:1

Contrast with white2.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.06:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#858585

Inverted#F75768

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A09D96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8D9099no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00ACA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.98:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.06:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17 Dark turquoise · ΔE 18 Teal · ΔE 18.9

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.68, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#A80819

Analogous#08A847, #0869A8

Triadic#9708A8, #A89708

Split complementary#A80869, #A84708

Tetradic#4708A8, #A80819, #69A808

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#83F9ED

Lighter +30%#52F7E5

Lighter +20%#22F4DE

Lighter +10%#0AD9C3

Darker −10%#06776B

Darker −20%#03473F

Darker −30%#011614

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B09D

Less saturated −25%#1E9286

Channel breakdown

G168

B151

Red8 (3.1%)

Green168 (65.9%)

Blue151 (59.2%)

Hue173.63°

Saturation (HSL)90.91%

Lightness34.51%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 08 · G A8 · B 97

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