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#08BD79

#08bd79 ≈ Medium Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#08bd79 is a color from the teal family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 74.12% green and 47.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.77% cyan, 0% magenta, 35.98% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 157.46°, with 91.88% saturation and 38.63% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 8.57:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Sea Green (#3cb371), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#00cc66
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Relative luminance0.3783

Complementary

  1. #08bd79
  2. #bd084c

Split complementary

  1. #08bd79
  2. #bd08a7
  3. #bd1f08

Analogous

  1. #08bd1f
  2. #08bd79
  3. #08a7bd

Triadic

  1. #08bd79
  2. #7908bd
  3. #bd7908

Tetradic

  1. #08bd79
  2. #084cbd
  3. #bd084c
  4. #bd7908

Square

  1. #08bd79
  2. #1f08bd
  3. #bd084c
  4. #a7bd08

Monochromatic

  1. #022a1b
  2. #05744a
  3. #08bd79
  4. #1cf5a4
  5. #66f9c1

Shades

#08bd79 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08bd79
  2. #07aa6d
  3. #069761
  4. #068455
  5. #057149
  6. #045f3d
  7. #034c30
  8. #023924
  9. #022618
  10. #01130c
  11. #000000

Tints

#08bd79 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08bd79
  2. #21c486
  3. #39ca94
  4. #52d1a1
  5. #6bd7af
  6. #84debc
  7. #9ce5c9
  8. #b5ebd7
  9. #cef2e4
  10. #e6f8f2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08bd79 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08bd79
  2. #14b77a
  3. #20b17a
  4. #2cab7b
  5. #38a57c
  6. #449f7d
  7. #50987d
  8. #5c927e
  9. #688c7f
  10. #74867f
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.45:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.57:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #83af96 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbad75 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a9a07e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00bcac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95b476 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86ac7c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bc9a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08bd79 {
  color: #08bd79;
}
Background
.bg-08bd79 {
  background-color: #08bd79;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08bd79 {
  border: 2px solid #08bd79;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08bd79;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 189 121;
  --color-primary-hsl: 157 92% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08bd79 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08bd79, #08a7bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08bd79 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 189 121 / 0.35);
}

#3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 3.35 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 5.11 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 5.72 #00a86b Jade ΔE 6.00 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 6.01 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.28 #009e60 Shamrock Green ΔE 9.10 #f74286 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Medium Sea Green
#08bd79  rgb(8, 189, 121)  hsl(157, 92%, 39%)  Medium Sea Green
#bd084c  rgb(189, 8, 76)  hsl(337, 92%, 39%)  Dogwood Rose
#7908bd  rgb(121, 8, 189)  hsl(277, 92%, 39%)  Dark Violet
#bd7908  rgb(189, 121, 8)  hsl(37, 92%, 39%)  Ochre