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Recognised as Colour

#08B173

  • #08B173
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#08B173 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 177, 115 and HSL 158°, 91%, 36%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#08B173#08B173
HEX#08B173
RGBrgb(8, 177, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.6941, 0.451
RGB percentages3.1%, 69.4%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(158, 91.4%, 36.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158, 95.5%, 69.4%)
CMYK95.5%, 0%, 35%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer569,715
CSS custom property--colour: #08B173;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32734WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#F74E8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFA26Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E9677no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 5.5Sea green · ΔE 18Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.6Forest green · ΔE 27.4Light green · ΔE 28.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 5.52, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B10846
Analogous#08B11E, #089BB1
Triadic#7308B1, #B17308
Split complementary#B1089B, #B11E08
Tetradic#1E08B1, #B10846, #9BB108

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8BFAD1
Lighter +30%#5AF8BE
Lighter +20%#2AF5AB
Lighter +10%#0AE293
Darker −10%#068053
Darker −20%#044F34
Darker −30%#011F14
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B975
Less saturated −25%#1F9A6D

Channel breakdown

R8
G177
B115
Red8 (3.1%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue157.99°
Saturation (HSL)91.35%
Lightness36.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 08 · G B1 · B 73

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