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#08B4AE

#08b4ae ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#08b4ae is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 70.59% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.56% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.33% yellow and 29.41% black. Its hue angle is 177.91°, with 91.49% saturation and 36.86% 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 8.15:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 1.02.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3575

Complementary

  1. #08b4ae
  2. #b4080e

Split complementary

  1. #08b4ae
  2. #b40864
  3. #b45808

Analogous

  1. #08b458
  2. #08b4ae
  3. #0864b4

Triadic

  1. #08b4ae
  2. #ae08b4
  3. #b4ae08

Tetradic

  1. #08b4ae
  2. #080eb4
  3. #b4080e
  4. #b4ae08

Square

  1. #08b4ae
  2. #5808b4
  3. #b4080e
  4. #64b408

Monochromatic

  1. #012120
  2. #056b67
  3. #08b4ae
  4. #14f5ed
  5. #5df8f2

Shades

#08b4ae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08b4ae
  2. #07a29d
  3. #06908b
  4. #067e7a
  5. #056c68
  6. #045a57
  7. #034846
  8. #023634
  9. #022423
  10. #011211
  11. #000000

Tints

#08b4ae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08b4ae
  2. #21bcb6
  3. #39c3be
  4. #52cbc6
  5. #6bd2ce
  6. #84dad7
  7. #9ce1df
  8. #b5e9e7
  9. #cef0ef
  10. #e6f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08b4ae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08b4ae
  2. #14afa9
  3. #20aaa5
  4. #2ca4a0
  5. #389f9c
  6. #449a97
  7. #509592
  8. #5c908e
  9. #688a89
  10. #748585
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.58:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.15:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #80a9a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a8aaae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #949baf ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b9b2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #86aeae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75a6af ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b7b0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08b4ae {
  color: #08b4ae;
}
Background
.bg-08b4ae {
  background-color: #08b4ae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08b4ae {
  border: 2px solid #08b4ae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08b4ae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 180 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 91% 37%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08b4ae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08b4ae, #0864b4);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08b4ae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 180 174 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 1.02 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 1.72 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.43 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.50 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.78 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.66 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.04 #f74b51 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#08b4ae  rgb(8, 180, 174)  hsl(178, 91%, 37%)  Light Sea Green
#b4080e  rgb(180, 8, 14)  hsl(358, 91%, 37%)  Cornell Red
#ae08b4  rgb(174, 8, 180)  hsl(298, 91%, 37%)  Dark Orchid
#b4ae08  rgb(180, 174, 8)  hsl(58, 91%, 37%)  Brass