Colors Encyclopedia

HEX atlas value

#008080

#008080 is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Teal. RGB 0, 128, 128, HSL 180° 100% 25%, luminance 0.17; view contrast and conversions.

cyancoolbalanced
#008080 Sample readable text
HEX #008080
RGB rgb(0, 128, 128)
HSL hsl(180 100% 25%)
CMYK cmyk(100, 0, 0, 50)
Luminance 0.17
Contrast Black 4.4:1White 4.77:1

CSS

--color-008080: #008080;
.background-008080 { background-color: #008080; }
.text-008080 { color: #008080; }

HEX meaning and use

About #008080

#008080 is classified as a cool cyan value with balanced visual character. #008080 is visually closest to Teal, a named cyan color with HEX #008080.

The RGB channels are 0, 128, and 128, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 180deg with 100% saturation and 25% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.17, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.4:1AA Fail
White text4.77:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #008080 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.4:1 · Fail
White text#FFFFFF4.77:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#002424#002424 · #FFFFFF text · best 16.43:1#00DBDB#00DBDB · #000000 text · best 12.16:1Maroon#800000 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.95:1#004080#004080 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.26:1Sea Blue#006994 · #FFFFFF text · best 6.09:1

Generated Palette

Teal#008080
Maroon#800000
#008040#008040
#004080#004080
#00DBDB#00DBDB
#002424#002424

Color Harmonies

Maroon#800000
#008040#008040
#004080#004080
#80007F#80007F
#7F8000#7F8000

Variants

#00DBDB#00DBDB
#002424#002424
#007F80#007F80
#0E7171#0E7171
#13ECEC#13ECEC
#00A8A8#00A8A8

Nearest Named Colors

Teal#008080
Peacock Teal#00827F
Dark Cyan#008B8B
Pine Green#01796F
Sea Blue#006994

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Structured HEX color data for conversion, WCAG checks, CSS generation, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.17
Black text4.4:1AA Fail
White text4.77:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{"hex":"#008080","rgb":[0,128,128],"hsl":[180,100,25],"cmyk":[100,0,0,50],"luminance":0.17,"contrast":{"black":4.4,"white":4.77}}
WCAG
{"AA":["#FFFFFF"],"AAA":[]}
Safe pairings
[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.4,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.77,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]
Accessible alternatives
[{"name":"#002424","hex":"#002424","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.28,"contrastWhite":16.43,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#00DBDB","hex":"#00DBDB","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.16,"contrastWhite":1.73,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Maroon","hex":"#800000","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.92,"contrastWhite":10.95,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#004080","hex":"#004080","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.05,"contrastWhite":10.26,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Sea Blue","hex":"#006994","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.45,"contrastWhite":6.09,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]
AI context
{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","balanced","balanced cyan","Teal adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/008080.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/teal.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peacock-teal.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-cyan.json"]}
Harmonies
{"complementary":"#800000","analogous":["#008040","#004080"],"triadic":["#80007F","#7F8000"],"tetradic":["#400080","#800000","#408000"],"splitComplementary":["#800040","#804000"],"monochromatic":["#00DBDB","#008080","#002424"]}
Variants
{"light":"#00DBDB","dark":"#002424","saturated":"#007F80","desaturated":"#0E7171","pastel":"#13ECEC","neon":"#00A8A8"}
Nearest named colors
[{"slug":"teal","name":"Teal","hex":"#008080","distance":0},{"slug":"peacock-teal","name":"Peacock Teal","hex":"#00827F","distance":2.23606797749979},{"slug":"dark-cyan","name":"Dark Cyan","hex":"#008B8B","distance":15.556349186104045},{"slug":"pine-green","name":"Pine Green","hex":"#01796F","distance":18.411952639521967},{"slug":"sea-blue","name":"Sea Blue","hex":"#006994","distance":30.479501308256342}]
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