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#08AAA6 — Vivid Teal

#08AAA6 is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color LightSeaGreen (#20B2AA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightseagreen (#20B2AA) — not an exact match. CSS lightseagreen gives you #20B2AA, a different color; use #08AAA6 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.

#08AAA6 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 #AA080B; it also sits naturally between #08AA57 and #085CAA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#08AAA6 · RGB 8, 170, 166

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Color values

HEX#08AAA6
RGB8, 170, 166
HSL179°, 91%, 35%
HSV179°, 95%, 67%
CMYK95%, 0%, 2%, 33%
XYZ21.36, 31.55, 41.04
Yxy31.55, 0.2273, 0.3359
CIE-Lab62.97, -36.42, -8.31
Hunter Lab56.17, -27.87, -7.33

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 3% · Green 67% · Blue 65%

Cyan 95% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 2% · Key 33%

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

Previews

Sample text in #08AAA6 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #08AAA6 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #08AAA6

.text { color: #08AAA6; }
.background { background-color: #08AAA6; }
.border { border: 3px solid #08AAA6; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(8, 170, 166); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(179, 91%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #08AAA6; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(8, 170, 166, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #08AAA6; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(8, 170, 166, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#08AAA6">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#08AAA6">Div content here</div>

Shades of #08AAA6

#079C99#078D8B#067F7D#05706E#056160#044E4D#033F3E#023130#022222#011313

Tints of #08AAA6

#09C8C5#0BE5E1#1AF4F1#37F6F2#59F7F5#77F9F6#94FAF8#B1FBFA#CEFDFC#ECFEFE

Tones of #08AAA6

#149F9D#1F9391#2B8886#367C7B#427070#4E6564

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AA080B:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.87:1 Fails
Against black text7.31:1 AAA

Best text color on #08AAA6: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #08AAA6

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #08AAA6: ·

How #08AAA6 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #4E50A7Deuteranopia · #4539A7Tritanopia · #10A8A8

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:

Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2Material Teal 500 · #009688

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #08AAA6 rather than the exact color:

Palette 03a6a1
#03A6A1 · #FFE3BB · #FFA673 · #FF4F0F
Vivid Ruby Ember
#12A7AC · #6DEDEF · #D71D17 · #F0B4A8
Palette 007065
#007065 · #00A79D · #F5C181 · #FFEECF
Golden Garden
#146D67 · #14AAAC · #4E6ABC · #B8CCF1
Palette 103c42
#103C42 · #02576C · #05A19C · #FFE837
Silent Ruby Canyon
#12B3A9 · #1F90DC · #213BDB · #6C2FEC

Similar colors

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

#03A6A1#12A7AC#00A79D#14AAAC#05A19C#12B3A9#16ADA7#14B1AB#00B8A9#0DA09A#17B0A1#00ADB5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #08AAA5  ·  #08AAA7 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #08AAA6?

#08AAA6 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 8, 170, 166). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #08AAA6?

#08AAA6 is RGB 8, 170, 166 — HSL 179°, 91%, 35% — CMYK 95%, 0%, 2%, 33%.

What colors go with #08AAA6?

Its complement is #AA080B; analogous partners are #08AA57 and #085CAA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #08AAA6 for text?

Black text on #08AAA6 has a contrast ratio of 7.31:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.87:1.