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#08BFA6

#08bfa6 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#08bfa6 is a color from the teal family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.14% red, 74.9% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.09% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 171.8°, with 91.96% saturation and 39.02% 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 9.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 6.47.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4007

Complementary

  1. #08bfa6
  2. #bf0821

Split complementary

  1. #08bfa6
  2. #bf087d
  3. #bf4a08

Analogous

  1. #08bf4a
  2. #08bfa6
  3. #087dbf

Triadic

  1. #08bfa6
  2. #a608bf
  3. #bfa608

Tetradic

  1. #08bfa6
  2. #0821bf
  3. #bf0821
  4. #bfa608

Square

  1. #08bfa6
  2. #4a08bf
  3. #bf0821
  4. #7dbf08

Monochromatic

  1. #022c26
  2. #057666
  3. #08bfa6
  4. #1ef6d8
  5. #67f9e5

Shades

#08bfa6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08bfa6
  2. #07ac95
  3. #069985
  4. #068674
  5. #057364
  6. #046053
  7. #034c42
  8. #023932
  9. #022621
  10. #011311
  11. #000000

Tints

#08bfa6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08bfa6
  2. #21c5af
  3. #39ccb8
  4. #52d2c1
  5. #6bd9ca
  6. #84dfd3
  7. #9ce5db
  8. #b5ece4
  9. #cef2ed
  10. #e6f9f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08bfa6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08bfa6
  2. #14b9a2
  3. #20b29e
  4. #2cac9b
  5. #38a697
  6. #44a093
  7. #50998f
  8. #5c938b
  9. #688d88
  10. #748684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.33:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87b3a8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6b2a5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a2a4a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #91b8a5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #81afa7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1b1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08bfa6 {
  color: #08bfa6;
}
Background
.bg-08bfa6 {
  background-color: #08bfa6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08bfa6 {
  border: 2px solid #08bfa6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08bfa6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 191 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 172 92% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08bfa6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08bfa6, #087dbf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08bfa6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 191 166 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 6.47 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.81 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.92 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.06 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.09 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.18 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.35 #f74059 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#08bfa6  rgb(8, 191, 166)  hsl(172, 92%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#bf0821  rgb(191, 8, 33)  hsl(352, 92%, 39%)  Firebrick
#a608bf  rgb(166, 8, 191)  hsl(292, 92%, 39%)  Dark Orchid
#bfa608  rgb(191, 166, 8)  hsl(52, 92%, 39%)  Old Gold