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#08ACAB

#08acab ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#08acab is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 67.45% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.58% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 179.63°, with 91.11% saturation and 35.29% 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 7.5:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.05.

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Relative luminance0.325

Complementary

  1. #08acab
  2. #ac0809

Split complementary

  1. #08acab
  2. #ac085b
  3. #ac5908

Analogous

  1. #08ac59
  2. #08acab
  3. #085bac

Triadic

  1. #08acab
  2. #ab08ac
  3. #acab08

Tetradic

  1. #08acab
  2. #0809ac
  3. #ac0809
  4. #acab08

Square

  1. #08acab
  2. #5908ac
  3. #ac0809
  4. #5bac08

Monochromatic

  1. #011a1a
  2. #056362
  3. #08acab
  4. #0df4f2
  5. #56f7f6

Shades

#08acab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08acab
  2. #079b9a
  3. #068a89
  4. #067878
  5. #056767
  6. #045656
  7. #034544
  8. #023433
  9. #022222
  10. #011111
  11. #000000

Tints

#08acab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08acab
  2. #21b4b3
  3. #39bdbc
  4. #52c5c4
  5. #6bcdcd
  6. #84d6d5
  7. #9cdedd
  8. #b5e6e6
  9. #ceeeee
  10. #e6f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08acab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08acab
  2. #14a8a7
  3. #20a3a2
  4. #2c9f9e
  5. #389a9a
  6. #449696
  7. #509291
  8. #5c8d8d
  9. #688989
  10. #748484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.5:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7aa2a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a3ab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c94ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fa7ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f9eac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08acab {
  color: #08acab;
}
Background
.bg-08acab {
  background-color: #08acab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08acab {
  border: 2px solid #08acab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08acab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 172 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 91% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08acab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08acab, #085bac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08acab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 172 171 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.05 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.35 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.15 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.99 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.74 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.64 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.26 #f75354 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#08acab  rgb(8, 172, 171)  hsl(180, 91%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#ac0809  rgb(172, 8, 9)  hsl(360, 91%, 35%)  Rufous
#ab08ac  rgb(171, 8, 172)  hsl(300, 91%, 35%)  Dark Orchid
#acab08  rgb(172, 171, 8)  hsl(60, 91%, 35%)  Brass