#088409

sRGB · 8 / 132 / 9

#088409 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 8 red, 132 green and 9 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 120.5° lands in the green region. Its 88.6% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 27.5% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.87:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 8, 132, 9
HSL: 120.48°, 88.57%, 27.45%
HSV / HSB: 120.48°, 93.94%, 51.76%
CMYK (approx.): 93.94%, 0.00%, 93.18%, 48.24%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 8.400, 16.573, 3.015
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 47.718, -51.925, 49.358
WCAG relative luminance: 0.16574
24-bit decimal: 558089

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #088409 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.31:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 4.87:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#840883 sits half a turn (180°) from #088409 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#088409 #840883

Analogous

#458408 and #088447 sit 30° to either side of #088409. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#458408 #088409 #088447

Triadic

#088409, #090884 and #840908 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#088409 #090884 #840908

Split complementary

Start at #088409 and look across the wheel. #470884 and #840845 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#088409 #470884 #840845

Square

Starting with #088409, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #084584, #840883, then #844708. Across the square, #088409 pairs with #840883, and #084584 with #844708.

#088409 #084584 #840883 #844708

Tetradic

#088409 and #840883 are opposites, as are #088384 and #840908. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#088409 #088384 #840883 #840908

Tints

Mixing #088409 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #399D3A, keeps 80% of the original. By #CEE6CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#088409 #399D3A #6BB56B #9CCE9D #CEE6CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #088409 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #066A07, keeps 80% of the original. By #021A02, the mixture is 80% black.

#088409 #066A07 #054F05 #033504 #021A02 #000000

Tones

Mixing #088409 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #208321, keeps 80% of the original. By #688168, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#088409 #208321 #388239 #508250 #688168 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#088409

RGB

rgb(8 132 9)

HSL

hsl(120.484 88.571% 27.451%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #088409;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#088409 uses 8 red, 132 green and 9 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 3.1%

Green 51.8%

Blue 3.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #088409 is 93.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 93.2% yellow and 48.2% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 93.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 93.2%

Black 48.2%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #008811. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #081 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #088409 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #009900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #008811 Nearest web-safe · #009900

Gradient to complement

#088409 #1D6F1D #315B32 #464646 #5B315A #6F1D6F #840883

Color vision previews

Compare how #088409 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#877600

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#7B6E1D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00806F

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6F7A00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#697618

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#178145

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#717171

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#527B52

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00243 G 0.23074 B 0.00273

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.22925 G 0.50973 B 0.14837

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.04296 G 0.22316 B 0.01923

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.300 y 0.592 Y 16.573

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 96.863 M % 48.235 Y % 96.471

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00001000 10000100 00001001