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Recognised as Colour

#08C6AE

  • #08C6AE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#08C6AE is a cyan with RGB values 8, 198, 174 and HSL 172°, 92%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#08C6AE#08C6AE
HEX#08C6AE
RGBrgb(8, 198, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.7765, 0.6824
RGB percentages3.1%, 77.6%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(172.4, 92.2%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 96%, 77.6%)
CMYK96%, 0%, 12.1%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer575,150
CSS custom property--colour: #08C6AE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43496WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.7:1
Contrast with white2.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#F73951

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BDB9ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8AAB0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CABFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.17:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.9Light seagreen · ΔE 12.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.7Aquamarine · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.64, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C60820
Analogous#08C64F, #087FC6
Triadic#AE08C6, #C6AE08
Split complementary#C6087F, #C64F08
Tetradic#4F08C6, #C60820, #7FC608

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9FFBEF
Lighter +30%#6EF9E8
Lighter +20%#3DF7E0
Lighter +10%#0CF5D8
Darker −10%#069583
Darker −20%#046458
Darker −30%#02332D
Darker −40%#000202
More saturated +25%#00CEB4
Less saturated −25%#22AC9B

Channel breakdown

R8
G198
B174
Red8 (3.1%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue172.42°
Saturation (HSL)92.23%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 08 · G C6 · B AE

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