Colour

#08ACA6

#08ACA6
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#08ACA6 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 172, 166 and HSL 178°, 91%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#08ACA6#08ACA6

HEX#08ACA6

RGBrgb(8, 172, 166)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.6745, 0.651

RGB percentages3.1%, 67.5%, 65.1%

HSLhsl(177.8, 91.1%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.8, 95.3%, 67.5%)

CMYK95.3%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer568,486

CSS custom property--colour: #08ACA6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3231WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness143.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.46:1

Contrast with white2.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#898989

Inverted#F75359

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A1A2A6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#8E94A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00B1AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.81:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 2.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.5 Teal · ΔE 17.6 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.43, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AC080E

Analogous#08AC54, #0860AC

Triadic#A608AC, #ACA608

Split complementary#AC0860, #AC5408

Tetradic#5408AC, #AC080E, #60AC08

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#87F9F5

Lighter +30%#56F7F1

Lighter +20%#25F5ED

Lighter +10%#0ADDD5

Darker −10%#067B77

Darker −20%#034B48

Darker −30%#011A19

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B4AD

Less saturated −25%#1F9691

Channel breakdown

G172

B166

Red8 (3.1%)

Green172 (67.5%)

Blue166 (65.1%)

Hue177.8°

Saturation (HSL)91.11%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 08 · G AC · B A6

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