#08DFD3

sRGB: 8 / 223 / 211

Hollow echoes illuminate hidden paths
Electric visions transform the fabric of existence
Fierce revelations linger beyond yesterday

#08DFD3 belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 8 red, 223 green and 211 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 176.7° lands in the cyan region. Its 93.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 45.3% 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 (12.51:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 8, 223, 211
HSL: 176.65°, 93.07%, 45.29%
HSV / HSB: 176.65°, 96.41%, 87.45%
CMYK (approx.): 96.41%, 0.00%, 5.38%, 12.55%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 38.243, 57.527, 70.718
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 80.475, -46.713, -6.854
WCAG relative luminance: 0.57530
24-bit decimal: 581587

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 #08DFD3 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: 12.51:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.68:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

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.

Reference: 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

#DF0814 sits half a turn (180°) from #08DFD3 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.

#08DFD3 #DF0814

Analogous

#08DF67 and #0880DF sit 30° to either side of #08DFD3. 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.

#08DF67 #08DFD3 #0880DF

Triadic

#08DFD3, #D308DF and #DFD308 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#08DFD3 #D308DF #DFD308

Split complementary

Start at #08DFD3 and look across the wheel. #DF0880 and #DF6708 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#08DFD3 #DF0880 #DF6708

Square

Starting with #08DFD3, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #6708DF, #DF0814, then #80DF08. Across the square, #08DFD3 pairs with #DF0814, and #6708DF with #80DF08.

#08DFD3 #6708DF #DF0814 #80DF08

Tetradic

#08DFD3 and #DF0814 are opposites, as are #0814DF and #DFD308. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#08DFD3 #0814DF #DF0814 #DFD308

Tints

Mixing #08DFD3 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #39E5DC, keeps 80% of the original. By #CEF9F6, the mixture is 80% white.

#08DFD3 #39E5DC #6BECE5 #9CF2ED #CEF9F6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #08DFD3 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #06B2A9, keeps 80% of the original. By #022D2A, the mixture is 80% black.

#08DFD3 #06B2A9 #05867F #035954 #022D2A #000000

Tones

Mixing #08DFD3 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #20CCC2, keeps 80% of the original. By #689391, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#08DFD3 #20CCC2 #38B9B2 #50A6A1 #689391 #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

#08DFD3

RGB

rgb(8 223 211)

HSL

hsl(176.651 93.074% 45.294%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #08DFD3;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#08DFD3 uses 8 red, 223 green and 211 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 3.1%

Green 87.5%

Blue 82.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #08DFD3 is 96.4% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 5.4% yellow and 12.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 96.4%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 5.4%

Black 12.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #00DDCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #0DC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #08DFD3 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #00CCCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #00DDCC Nearest web-safe: #00CCCC

Gradient to complement

#08DFD3 #2CBBB3 #509793 #747474 #975054 #BB2C34 #DF0814

Color vision previews

Compare how #08DFD3 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.

#D2D2D3

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.

#B9C0D5

Tritanopia

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

#00E5DB

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.

#ACD5D3

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.

#9FCCD4

Tritanomaly (50%)

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

#00DFD5

Grayscale (luminance)

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

#C8C8C8

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.

#92D4CD

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

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 0.73791 B 0.65141

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 0.40019 G 0.86157 B 0.82472

Linear Display P3

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

R 0.13300 G 0.71350 B 0.64658

CIE xyY

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

x 0.230 y 0.346 Y 57.527

CMY

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

C % 96.863 M % 12.549 Y % 17.255

Binary RGB

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

00001000 11011111 11010011