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#08BFAA

#08bfaa ≈ Light Sea Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#08bfaa 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 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 10.99% yellow and 25.1% black. Its hue angle is 173.11°, 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 9.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 5.47.

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Relative luminance0.4022

Complementary

  1. #08bfaa
  2. #bf081d

Split complementary

  1. #08bfaa
  2. #bf0879
  3. #bf4e08

Analogous

  1. #08bf4e
  2. #08bfaa
  3. #0879bf

Triadic

  1. #08bfaa
  2. #aa08bf
  3. #bfaa08

Tetradic

  1. #08bfaa
  2. #081dbf
  3. #bf081d
  4. #bfaa08

Square

  1. #08bfaa
  2. #4e08bf
  3. #bf081d
  4. #79bf08

Monochromatic

  1. #022c27
  2. #057669
  3. #08bfaa
  4. #1ef6dd
  5. #67f9e8

Shades

#08bfaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #08bfaa
  2. #07ac99
  3. #069988
  4. #068677
  5. #057366
  6. #046055
  7. #034c44
  8. #023933
  9. #022622
  10. #011311
  11. #000000

Tints

#08bfaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #08bfaa
  2. #21c5b3
  3. #39ccbb
  4. #52d2c4
  5. #6bd9cc
  6. #84dfd5
  7. #9ce5dd
  8. #b5ece6
  9. #cef2ee
  10. #e6f9f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#08bfaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #08bfaa
  2. #14b9a6
  3. #20b2a2
  4. #2cac9d
  5. #38a699
  6. #44a095
  7. #509991
  8. #5c938d
  9. #688d88
  10. #748684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.32:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aaaaaa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #87b3aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b6b3a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a4ac ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #90b8aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #80afab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-08bfaa {
  color: #08bfaa;
}
Background
.bg-08bfaa {
  background-color: #08bfaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-08bfaa {
  border: 2px solid #08bfaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #08bfaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 8 191 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 92% 39%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-08bfaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #08bfaa, #0879bf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-08bfaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(8 191 170 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.47 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.56 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 6.68 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.10 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.57 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 7.89 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.92 #f74055 Inverted #aaaaaa Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#08bfaa  rgb(8, 191, 170)  hsl(173, 92%, 39%)  Light Sea Green
#bf081d  rgb(191, 8, 29)  hsl(353, 92%, 39%)  Cornell Red
#aa08bf  rgb(170, 8, 191)  hsl(293, 92%, 39%)  Dark Orchid
#bfaa08  rgb(191, 170, 8)  hsl(53, 92%, 39%)  Old Gold