Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#08CD9D

  • #08CD9D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#08CD9D is a cyan with RGB values 8, 205, 157 and HSL 165°, 92%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#08CD9D#08CD9D
HEX#08CD9D
RGBrgb(8, 205, 157)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.8039, 0.6157
RGB percentages3.1%, 80.4%, 61.6%
HSLhsl(165.4, 92.5%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.4, 96.1%, 80.4%)
CMYK96.1%, 0%, 23.4%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer576,925
CSS custom property--colour: #08CD9D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46149WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness165.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.23:1
Contrast with white2.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.23:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#F73262

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C7BE9Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B3AFA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.05:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.23:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.9Aquamarine · ΔE 20.2Turquoise · ΔE 20.3Light seagreen · ΔE 25.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 15.73, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD0838
Analogous#08CD3A, #089BCD
Triadic#9D08CD, #CD9D08
Split complementary#CD089B, #CD3A08
Tetradic#3A08CD, #CD0838, #9BCD08

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5FCE7
Lighter +30%#74FAD9
Lighter +20%#43F8CC
Lighter +10%#12F6BE
Darker −10%#069C77
Darker −20%#046B52
Darker −30%#023A2C
Darker −40%#000907
More saturated +25%#00D5A1
Less saturated −25%#23B28F

Channel breakdown

R8
G205
B157
Red8 (3.1%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue157 (61.6%)
Hue165.38°
Saturation (HSL)92.49%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 08 · G CD · B 9D

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “08cd9d” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.