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#08ABAA

#08abaa ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#08abaa is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 67.06% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.32% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.58% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 179.63°, with 91.06% saturation and 35.1% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.22.

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Relative luminance0.3208

Complementary

  1. #08abaa
  2. #ab0809

Split complementary

  1. #08abaa
  2. #ab085b
  3. #ab5808

Analogous

  1. #08ab58
  2. #08abaa
  3. #085bab

Triadic

  1. #08abaa
  2. #aa08ab
  3. #abaa08

Tetradic

  1. #08abaa
  2. #0809ab
  3. #ab0809
  4. #abaa08

Square

  1. #08abaa
  2. #5808ab
  3. #ab0809
  4. #5bab08

Monochromatic

  1. #011919
  2. #056261
  3. #08abaa
  4. #0cf4f2
  5. #55f7f6

Shades

#08abaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08abaa
  2. #079a99
  3. #068988
  4. #067877
  5. #056766
  6. #045655
  7. #034444
  8. #023333
  9. #022222
  10. #011111
  11. #000000

Tints

#08abaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08abaa
  2. #21b3b3
  3. #39bcbb
  4. #52c4c4
  5. #6bcdcc
  6. #84d5d5
  7. #9cdddd
  8. #b5e6e6
  9. #ceeeee
  10. #e6f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08abaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08abaa
  2. #14a7a6
  3. #20a2a2
  4. #2c9e9d
  5. #389a99
  6. #449695
  7. #509191
  8. #5c8d8d
  9. #688988
  10. #748484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7aa1a0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa2aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b93ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b1aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ea6aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e9dab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aeaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08abaa {
  color: #08abaa;
}
Background
.bg-08abaa {
  background-color: #08abaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08abaa {
  border: 2px solid #08abaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08abaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 171 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 91% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08abaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08abaa, #085bab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08abaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 171 170 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.22 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.55 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.43 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.90 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.61 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.93 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.55 #f75455 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#08abaa  rgb(8, 171, 170)  hsl(180, 91%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#ab0809  rgb(171, 8, 9)  hsl(360, 91%, 35%)  Rufous
#aa08ab  rgb(170, 8, 171)  hsl(300, 91%, 35%)  Dark Orchid
#abaa08  rgb(171, 170, 8)  hsl(60, 91%, 35%)  Brass