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Recognised as Colour

#08ADB2

  • #08ADB2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#08ADB2 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 173, 178 and HSL 182°, 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

#08ADB2#08ADB2
HEX#08ADB2
RGBrgb(8, 173, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.6784, 0.698
RGB percentages3.1%, 67.8%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(181.8, 91.4%, 36.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.8, 95.5%, 69.8%)
CMYK95.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer568,754
CSS custom property--colour: #08ADB2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33153WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.63:1
Contrast with white2.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#F7524D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FA4B3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B96B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4AEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.5Dark cyan · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.8Cadetblue · ΔE 15.8Teal · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.67, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B20D08
Analogous#08B262, #0858B2
Triadic#B208AD, #ADB208
Split complementary#B20858, #B26208
Tetradic#6208B2, #B20D08, #58B208

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CF7FA
Lighter +30%#5BF3F8
Lighter +20%#2BEFF5
Lighter +10%#0ADCE3
Darker −10%#067E81
Darker −20%#044E50
Darker −30%#011F20
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B5BA
Less saturated −25%#1F979B

Channel breakdown

R8
G173
B178
Red8 (3.1%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue181.76°
Saturation (HSL)91.4%
Lightness36.47%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 08 · G AD · B B2

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