Palettes / Colors / #088AAA

#088AAA — Vivid Teal

#088AAA is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color DarkCyan (#008B8B). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkcyan (#008B8B) — not an exact match. CSS darkcyan gives you #008B8B, a different color; use #088AAA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#088AAA is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AA2908; it also sits naturally between #08AA7A and #0839AA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 3% · Green 54% · Blue 67%

Cyan 95% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 0% · Key 33%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #088AAA

.text { color: #088AAA; }
.background { background-color: #088AAA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #088AAA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(8, 138, 170); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(192, 91%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #088AAA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(8, 138, 170, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #088AAA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(8, 138, 170, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#088AAA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#088AAA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #088AAA

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Tones of #088AAA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AA2908:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #088AAA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #088AAA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #088AAA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #088AAA rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #088AA9  ·  #088AAB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #088AAA?

#088AAA is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 8, 138, 170). Its closest standard named color is DarkCyan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #088AAA?

#088AAA is RGB 8, 138, 170 — HSL 192°, 91%, 35% — CMYK 95%, 19%, 0%, 33%.

What colors go with #088AAA?

Its complement is #AA2908; analogous partners are #08AA7A and #0839AA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #088AAA for text?

Black text on #088AAA has a contrast ratio of 5.23:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 4.02:1.