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Colour

#08D9C5

  • #08D9C5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#08D9C5 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 217, 197 and HSL 174°, 93%, 44%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#08D9C5#08D9C5
HEX#08D9C5
RGBrgb(8, 217, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.851, 0.7725
RGB percentages3.1%, 85.1%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(174.3, 92.9%, 44.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.3, 96.3%, 85.1%)
CMYK96.3%, 0%, 9.2%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer580,037
CSS custom property--colour: #08D9C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53709WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.74:1
Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ABABAB
Inverted#F7263A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CECCC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48 from the original
Deuteranopia#B7BAC7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00DED3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.9Light seagreen · ΔE 16.8Aqua · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D9081C
Analogous#08D95C, #0884D9
Triadic#C508D9, #D9C508
Split complementary#D90884, #D95D08
Tetradic#5D08D9, #D9081C, #84D908

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1FCF5
Lighter +30%#80FAEF
Lighter +20%#4FF8E8
Lighter +10%#1DF7E2
Darker −10%#06A898
Darker −20%#04776C
Darker −30%#03453F
Darker −40%#011412
More saturated +25%#00E1CB
Less saturated −25%#24BDAE

Channel breakdown

R8
G217
B197
Red8 (3.1%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue174.26°
Saturation (HSL)92.89%
Lightness44.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 08 · G D9 · B C5

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