Recognised as Colour

#08ADAF

#08ADAF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#08ADAF is a cyan with RGB values 8, 173, 175 and HSL 181°, 91%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#08ADAF#08ADAF

HEX#08ADAF

RGBrgb(8, 173, 175)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.6784, 0.6863

RGB percentages3.1%, 67.8%, 68.6%

HSLhsl(180.7, 91.3%, 35.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.7, 95.4%, 68.6%)

CMYK95.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer568,751

CSS custom property--colour: #08ADAF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33034WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.61:1

Contrast with white2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A

Inverted#F75250

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A0A4AFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#8C95B0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original

Tritanopia#00B3ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Dark cyan · ΔE 13 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 16.2 Teal · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AF0A08

Analogous#08AF5D, #085AAF

Triadic#AF08AD, #ADAF08

Split complementary#AF085A, #AF5D08

Tetradic#5D08AF, #AF0A08, #5AAF08

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#89F8FA

Lighter +30%#59F5F7

Lighter +20%#28F3F5

Lighter +10%#0ADDE0

Darker −10%#067D7E

Darker −20%#044D4D

Darker −30%#011C1D

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B5B7

Less saturated −25%#1F9798

Channel breakdown

G173

B175

Red8 (3.1%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue175 (68.6%)

Hue180.72°

Saturation (HSL)91.26%

Lightness35.88%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 08 · G AD · B AF

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