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#05CA8D

#05ca8d ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#05ca8d is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 1.96% red, 79.22% green and 55.29% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 97.52% cyan, 0% magenta, 30.2% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 161.42°, with 95.17% saturation and 40.59% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.84:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 2.46.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.442

Complementary

  1. #05ca8d
  2. #ca0542

Split complementary

  1. #05ca8d
  2. #ca05a5
  3. #ca2a05

Analogous

  1. #05ca2a
  2. #05ca8d
  3. #05a5ca

Triadic

  1. #05ca8d
  2. #8d05ca
  3. #ca8d05

Tetradic

  1. #05ca8d
  2. #0542ca
  3. #ca0542
  4. #ca8d05

Square

  1. #05ca8d
  2. #2a05ca
  3. #ca0542
  4. #a5ca05

Monochromatic

  1. #013525
  2. #037f59
  3. #05ca8d
  4. #22fab7
  5. #6dfbcf

Shades

#05ca8d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #05ca8d
  2. #05b67f
  3. #04a271
  4. #048d63
  5. #037955
  6. #036547
  7. #025138
  8. #023d2a
  9. #01281c
  10. #01140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#05ca8d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #05ca8d
  2. #1ecf98
  3. #37d5a4
  4. #50daaf
  5. #69dfbb
  6. #82e5c6
  7. #9bead1
  8. #b4efdd
  9. #cdf4e8
  10. #e6faf4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#05ca8d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #05ca8d
  2. #11c38c
  3. #1ebb8a
  4. #2ab489
  5. #36ac88
  6. #43a587
  7. #4f9e85
  8. #5b9684
  9. #678f83
  10. #748781
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.84:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dbca4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6ba89 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3ac91 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00caba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec18b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8eb98f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00caaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-05ca8d {
  color: #05ca8d;
}
Background
.bg-05ca8d {
  background-color: #05ca8d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-05ca8d {
  border: 2px solid #05ca8d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #05ca8d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 5 202 141;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 95% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-05ca8d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #05ca8d, #05a5ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-05ca8d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(5 202 141 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 2.46 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 5.71 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.61 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 6.93 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.30 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.50 #00a86b Jade ΔE 9.55 #fa3572 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#05ca8d  rgb(5, 202, 141)  hsl(161, 95%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#ca0542  rgb(202, 5, 66)  hsl(341, 95%, 41%)  Cardinal
#8d05ca  rgb(141, 5, 202)  hsl(281, 95%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#ca8d05  rgb(202, 141, 5)  hsl(41, 95%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod