#08b5cd

Color #08b5cd

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 16.16 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#08b5cd

RGB

rgb(8, 181, 205)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 92.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 96.1%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(96.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(67.65, -29.32, -22.89)

LCH

lch(67.65, 37.2, 217.98)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.1225, 211.51)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 3.1%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd2008

Analogous

#08cd83

#08b5cd

#0853cd

Triadic

#08b5cd

#cd08b5

#b5cd08

Split-complementary

#08b5cd

#cd0853

#cd8308

Tetradic

#08b5cd

#2008cd

#cd2008

#b5cd08

Square

#08b5cd

#8308cd

#cd2008

#53cd08

Shades

Color #08b5cd mixed toward black.

#0797ab

#057989

#045b67

#033c44

#011e22

Tints

Color #08b5cd mixed toward white.

#11daf6

#41e1f8

#70e9f9

#a0f0fb

#cff8fd

Tones

Color #08b5cd mixed toward gray.

#18a9bd

#299cac

#39909c

#4a838b

#5a777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.47:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7c7dc8 · ΔE 30.1

Deuteranopia

#7469c6 · ΔE 34.7

Tritanopia

#2cc3c2 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#a5a5a5 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #08b5cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#08b5cd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#08b5cd (#08b5cd) is rgb(8, 181, 205) in RGB.

No, #08b5cd is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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