Recognised as Colour

#08E5C8

#08E5C8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#08E5C8 is a cyan with RGB values 8, 229, 200 and HSL 172°, 93%, 46%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#08E5C8#08E5C8

HEX#08E5C8

RGBrgb(8, 229, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.0314, 0.898, 0.7843

RGB percentages3.1%, 89.8%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(172.1, 93.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 96.5%, 89.8%)

CMYK96.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer583,112

CSS custom property--colour: #08E5C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6026WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness188 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.05:1

Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#F71A37

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBD6C7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C4CAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E9DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.05:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8 Aqua · ΔE 18.3 Cyan · ΔE 18.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.71, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#E50825

Analogous#08E55A, #0893E5

Triadic#C808E5, #E5C808

Split complementary#E50893, #E55A08

Tetradic#5A08E5, #E50825, #93E508

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#BCFDF4

Lighter +30%#8BFBEC

Lighter +20%#5AF9E4

Lighter +10%#28F8DC

Darker −10%#06B49D

Darker −20%#058272

Darker −30%#035147

Darker −40%#01201C

More saturated +25%#00EDCE

Less saturated −25%#26C7B2

Channel breakdown

G229

B200

Red8 (3.1%)

Green229 (89.8%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue172.13°

Saturation (HSL)93.25%

Lightness46.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 08 · G E5 · B C8

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