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#08BCA6

#08bca6 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#08bca6 is a color from the teal family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 73.73% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.74% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.7% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 172.67°, with 91.84% saturation and 38.43% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. 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 8.75:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 5.34.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.3877

Complementary

  1. #08bca6
  2. #bc081e

Split complementary

  1. #08bca6
  2. #bc0878
  3. #bc4c08

Analogous

  1. #08bc4c
  2. #08bca6
  3. #0878bc

Triadic

  1. #08bca6
  2. #a608bc
  3. #bca608

Tetradic

  1. #08bca6
  2. #081ebc
  3. #bc081e
  4. #bca608

Square

  1. #08bca6
  2. #4c08bc
  3. #bc081e
  4. #78bc08

Monochromatic

  1. #022924
  2. #057365
  3. #08bca6
  4. #1bf5db
  5. #65f8e6

Shades

#08bca6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08bca6
  2. #07a995
  3. #069685
  4. #068474
  5. #057164
  6. #045e53
  7. #034b42
  8. #023832
  9. #022621
  10. #011311
  11. #000000

Tints

#08bca6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08bca6
  2. #21c3af
  3. #39c9b8
  4. #52d0c1
  5. #6bd7ca
  6. #84ded3
  7. #9ce4db
  8. #b5ebe4
  9. #cef2ed
  10. #e6f8f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08bca6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08bca6
  2. #14b6a2
  3. #20b09e
  4. #2caa9b
  5. #38a497
  6. #449e93
  7. #50988f
  8. #5c928b
  9. #688c88
  10. #748684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.75:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85b0a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3b0a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9fa1a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c0b5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8eb5a5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7eada7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00beaf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08bca6 {
  color: #08bca6;
}
Background
.bg-08bca6 {
  background-color: #08bca6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08bca6 {
  border: 2px solid #08bca6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08bca6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 188 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 92% 38%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08bca6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08bca6, #0878bc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08bca6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 188 166 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.34 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.84 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.30 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.70 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.07 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.52 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.79 #f74359 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#08bca6  rgb(8, 188, 166)  hsl(173, 92%, 38%)  Light Sea Green
#bc081e  rgb(188, 8, 30)  hsl(353, 92%, 38%)  Firebrick
#a608bc  rgb(166, 8, 188)  hsl(293, 92%, 38%)  Dark Orchid
#bca608  rgb(188, 166, 8)  hsl(53, 92%, 38%)  Brass