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Recognised as Colour

#08BDA9

  • #08BDA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#08BDA9 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 189, 169 and HSL 173°, 92%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#08BDA9#08BDA9
HEX#08BDA9
RGBrgb(8, 189, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7412, 0.6627
RGB percentages3.1%, 74.1%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(173.4, 91.9%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.4, 95.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK95.8%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer572,841
CSS custom property--colour: #08BDA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.86:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#F74256

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B4B1A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Deuteranopia#9FA2ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1B7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6Turquoise · ΔE 12.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5Dark cyan · ΔE 22.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD081C
Analogous#08BD4E, #0876BD
Triadic#A908BD, #BDA908
Split complementary#BD0876, #BD4F08
Tetradic#4F08BD, #BD081C, #77BD08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#96FBF0
Lighter +30%#65F9E8
Lighter +20%#35F6E1
Lighter +10%#0AEED5
Darker −10%#068C7D
Darker −20%#045B51
Darker −30%#022A26
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00C5AF
Less saturated −25%#21A496

Channel breakdown

R8
G189
B169
Red8 (3.1%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue173.37°
Saturation (HSL)91.88%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 08 · G BD · B A9

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