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#08BBBC — Vivid Teal

#08BBBC is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color DarkTurquoise (#00CED1). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkturquoise (#00CED1) — not an exact match. CSS darkturquoise gives you #00CED1, a different color; use #08BBBC 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.

#08BBBC 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 #BA0808; it also sits naturally between #08BA61 and #0861BA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#08BBBC · RGB 8, 187, 188

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Color values

HEX#08BBBC
RGB8, 187, 188
HSL180°, 92%, 38%
HSV180°, 96%, 74%
CMYK96%, 1%, 0%, 26%
XYZ26.95, 39.22, 53.73
Yxy39.22, 0.2248, 0.3271
CIE-Lab68.91, -37.53, -11.64
Hunter Lab62.63, -29.92, -10.83

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 3% · Green 73% · Blue 74%

Cyan 96% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 26%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #08BBBC

.text { color: #08BBBC; }
.background { background-color: #08BBBC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #08BBBC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(8, 187, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(180, 92%, 38%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #08BBBC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(8, 187, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #08BBBC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(8, 187, 188, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #08BBBC

#07ABAB#069898#068989#057676#046767#045858#034545#023636#012222#011414

Tints of #08BBBC

#09D7D7#0AF5F5#23F6F6#40F7F7#5DF8F8#7BF9F9#98FBFB#B1FCFC#CEFDFD#EBFEFE

Tones of #08BBBC

#14ADAD#21A1A1#2E9494#3B8787#487A7A#546D6D

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BA0808:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.37:1 Fails
Against black text8.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #08BBBC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #08BBBC

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 #08BBBC: ·

How #08BBBC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #5657BCDeuteranopia · #4B3EBCTritanopia · #11BCBC

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 cyan 500 · #06B6D4Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Material Cyan 500 · #00BCD4

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 0abab5
#0ABAB5 · #56DFCF · #ADEED9 · #FFEDF3
Palette 1b3c68
#1B3C68 · #0074E4 · #00B8C0 · #E9FFB2
Silent Ruby Marble
#10B4BE · #10457E · #1719BC · #4F0F9C
Palette 005461
#005461 · #018790 · #00B7B5 · #F4F4F4
Mellow Lagoon
#0B932F · #10A468 · #11C1B5 · #19A7DB
Mellow Tempest
#115558 · #12B1B9 · #4797E1 · #ACCCE3

Similar colors

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

#0ABAB5#00B8C0#10B4BE#00B7B5#11C1B5#12B1B9#0FABBC#00ADB5#1ABAB8#00B7CD#00C9B1#16BBAE

Browse neighbouring colors

← #08BBBB  ·  #08BBBD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #08BBBC?

#08BBBC is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 8, 187, 188). Its closest standard named color is DarkTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #08BBBC?

#08BBBC is RGB 8, 187, 188 — HSL 180°, 92%, 38% — CMYK 96%, 1%, 0%, 26%.

What colors go with #08BBBC?

Its complement is #BA0808; analogous partners are #08BA61 and #0861BA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #08BBBC for text?

Black text on #08BBBC has a contrast ratio of 8.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.37:1.