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#09AAA6

#09aaa6 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#09aaa6 is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 66.67% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 178.51°, with 89.94% saturation and 35.1% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. 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 7.31:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.73.

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Web safe#009999
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Relative luminance0.3156

Complementary

  1. #09aaa6
  2. #aa090d

Split complementary

  1. #09aaa6
  2. #aa095e
  3. #aa5609

Analogous

  1. #09aa56
  2. #09aaa6
  3. #095eaa

Triadic

  1. #09aaa6
  2. #a609aa
  3. #aaa609

Tetradic

  1. #09aaa6
  2. #090daa
  3. #aa090d
  4. #aaa609

Square

  1. #09aaa6
  2. #5609aa
  3. #aa090d
  4. #5eaa09

Monochromatic

  1. #011918
  2. #05615f
  3. #09aaa6
  4. #0df2ed
  5. #56f6f2

Shades

#09aaa6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09aaa6
  2. #089995
  3. #078885
  4. #067774
  5. #056664
  6. #055553
  7. #044442
  8. #033332
  9. #022221
  10. #011111
  11. #000000

Tints

#09aaa6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09aaa6
  2. #22b3af
  3. #3abbb8
  4. #53c4c1
  5. #6bccca
  6. #84d5d3
  7. #9ddddb
  8. #b5e6e4
  9. #ceeeed
  10. #e6f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09aaa6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09aaa6
  2. #15a6a2
  3. #21a29e
  4. #2d9d9b
  5. #399997
  6. #459593
  7. #50918f
  8. #5c8d8b
  9. #688888
  10. #748484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.87:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.31:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #79a09e ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9fa1a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8b92a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ea4a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6e9ca7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ada7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09aaa6 {
  color: #09aaa6;
}
Background
.bg-09aaa6 {
  background-color: #09aaa6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09aaa6 {
  border: 2px solid #09aaa6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09aaa6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 170 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 90% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09aaa6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09aaa6, #095eaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09aaa6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 170 166 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.73 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.63 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.54 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.71 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.90 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.38 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.11 #f65559 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#09aaa6  rgb(9, 170, 166)  hsl(179, 90%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#aa090d  rgb(170, 9, 13)  hsl(359, 90%, 35%)  Rufous
#a609aa  rgb(166, 9, 170)  hsl(299, 90%, 35%)  Dark Magenta
#aaa609  rgb(170, 166, 9)  hsl(59, 90%, 35%)  Brass