#08A708

sRGB · 8 / 167 / 8

#08A708 belongs to the green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 8 red, 167 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 120.0° lands in the green region. Its 90.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 34.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (6.54:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 8, 167, 8
HSL: 120.00°, 90.86%, 34.31%
HSV / HSB: 120.00°, 95.21%, 65.49%
CMYK (approx.): 95.21%, 0.00%, 95.21%, 34.51%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 13.962, 27.705, 4.842
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 59.622, -62.134, 59.532
WCAG relative luminance: 0.27707
24-bit decimal: 567048

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 #08A708 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 · 6.54:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 3.21:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

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

#A708A7 sits half a turn (180°) from #08A708 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.

#08A708 #A708A7

Analogous

#58A708 and #08A758 sit 30° to either side of #08A708. 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.

#58A708 #08A708 #08A758

Triadic

#08A708, #0808A7 and #A70808 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#08A708 #0808A7 #A70808

Split complementary

Start at #08A708 and look across the wheel. #5808A7 and #A70858 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#08A708 #5808A7 #A70858

Square

Starting with #08A708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #0858A7, #A708A7, then #A75808. Across the square, #08A708 pairs with #A708A7, and #0858A7 with #A75808.

#08A708 #0858A7 #A708A7 #A75808

Tetradic

#08A708 and #A708A7 are opposites, as are #08A7A7 and #A70808. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#08A708 #08A7A7 #A708A7 #A70808

Tints

Mixing #08A708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #39B939, keeps 80% of the original. By #CEEDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#08A708 #39B939 #6BCA6B #9CDC9C #CEEDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #08A708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #068606, keeps 80% of the original. By #022102, the mixture is 80% black.

#08A708 #068606 #056405 #034303 #022102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #08A708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #209F20, keeps 80% of the original. By #688868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#08A708 #209F20 #389738 #509050 #688868 #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

#08A708

RGB

rgb(8 167 8)

HSL

hsl(120.000 90.857% 34.314%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #08A708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#08A708 uses 8 red, 167 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 3.1%

Green 65.5%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #08A708 is 95.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 95.2% yellow and 34.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 95.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 95.2%

Black 34.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #00AA00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #0A0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #08A708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #009900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #00AA00 Nearest web-safe · #009900

Gradient to complement

#08A708 #238D23 #3D723D #585858 #723D72 #8D238D #A708A7

Color vision previews

Compare how #08A708 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.

#AB9600

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.

#9C8C25

Tritanopia

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

#00A28D

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.

#8C9B00

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.

#85951E

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#1EA458

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#909090

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.

#689C68

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 0.38643 B 0.00243

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 0.29462 G 0.64505 B 0.19052

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.07060 G 0.37368 B 0.03023

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 0.596 Y 27.705

CMY

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

C % 96.863 M % 34.510 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

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

00001000 10100111 00001000