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#08E78A Color

#08E78A is rgb(8, 231, 138) in RGB, hsl(155, 93%, 47%) in HSL, and about cmyk(97%, 0%, 40%, 9%) in CMYK. It has no registered color name of its own — the closest is Medium Spring Green (#00FA9A), clearly related but distinguishable side by side at ΔE 7.01. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

#08E78A
HEX#08E78A
RGBrgb(8, 231, 138)
HSLhsl(155, 93%, 47%)
HSVhsv(155, 97%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(97%, 0%, 40%, 9%)
OKLCHoklch(81.6% 0.198 155.8)
LABlab(81.23% -64.06 31.69)
LCHlch(81.23% 71.47 153.68)

What #08E78A Is Called

Most hex codes have no name: there are 16.7 million of them and a few thousand registered names. These are the named colors nearest to #08E78A, ordered by CIE76 distance in CIELAB. Anything under about ΔE 2 is a difference most people cannot see.

Medium Spring Green#00FA9AΔE 7.01Android Green#3DDC84ΔE 7.54Very Light Malachite Green#64E986ΔE 11.44Technobotanica#00FFBFΔE 17.76Emerald#50C878ΔE 18.02Spring Green#00FF7FΔE 18.09

Browse the full index of named colors A-Z or every green in the library.

#08E78A Channel Values

How #08E78A breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

ModelChannelsNotes
RGBR 8 · G 231 · B 1388-bit channels as sent to the display
HSLH 155° · S 93% · L 47%Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSVH 155° · S 97% · V 91%Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYKC 97% · M 0% · Y 40% · K 9%Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance1.64:1 vs white · 12.81:1 vs blackWCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a #08E78A background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

Fails AAWhite text1.64:1AA normal AA large AAA normal
TextBlack text12.81:1AA normal AA large AAA normal

Need a specific ratio against another background? Open #08E78A in the contrast checker.

Colors That Go With #08E78A

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite #08E78A; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base
#08E78A
Complementary
#E70865
Analogous
#08E71B
Analogous
#08D5E7
Triadic
#8A08E7
Triadic
#E78A08
Split comp.
#E708D5
Split comp.
#E71B08

Tints & Shades of #08E78A

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

#1DF79C
#44F8AD
#66F9BC
#89FBCB
#ABFCDA
#D3FDEC

Shades

#07CA79
#06AC67
#058F55
#046C41
#034F2F
#02311D

Want a full 50-950 ramp with semantic roles? Generate design tokens from #08E78A.

How #08E78A Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#08E78A
Protanopia#D5D58B
Protanomaly#A9DC8B
Deuteranopia#C1C18F
Deuteranomaly#9AD28D
Tritanopia#4CDEDE
Tritanomaly#3BE2C2
Achromatopsia#CACACA

Test a full palette in the color blindness simulator.

Using #08E78A in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--color-08e78a: #08E78A;
CSS backgroundbackground-color: #08E78A;
Tailwind configcolors: { 'color-08e78a': '#08E78A' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.031, green: 0.906, blue: 0.541)
Android XML<color name="color_08e78a">#08E78A</color>
SVG fillfill="#08E78A"

More Green Colors

#08E78A sits in the green family. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

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#08E78A Frequently Asked Questions

What color is #08E78A?

#08E78A is a mid-tone green — rgb(8, 231, 138) in RGB and hsl(155, 93%, 47%) in HSL. It carries no registered color name of its own; the closest named color is Medium Spring Green (#00FA9A), which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side at a CIE76 distance of 7.01.

What is the RGB value of #08E78A?

#08E78A is rgb(8, 231, 138) — red 8, green 231, and blue 138 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #08E78A?

#08E78A converts to approximately cmyk(97%, 0%, 40%, 9%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #08E78A be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #08E78A scores 1.64:1 against white and 12.81:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #08E78A as a CSS color keyword?

No. #08E78A is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is mediumspringgreen (#00FA9A) at a CIE76 distance of 7.01, which is clearly related but distinguishable side by side.

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