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#09ACAA

#09acaa ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#09acaa is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 67.45% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.77% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.16% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 179.26°, with 90.06% saturation and 35.49% 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 7.49:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.76.

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Relative luminance0.3247

Complementary

  1. #09acaa
  2. #ac090b

Split complementary

  1. #09acaa
  2. #ac095d
  3. #ac5809

Analogous

  1. #09ac58
  2. #09acaa
  3. #095dac

Triadic

  1. #09acaa
  2. #aa09ac
  3. #acaa09

Tetradic

  1. #09acaa
  2. #090bac
  3. #ac090b
  4. #acaa09

Square

  1. #09acaa
  2. #5809ac
  3. #ac090b
  4. #5dac09

Monochromatic

  1. #011b1a
  2. #056362
  3. #09acaa
  4. #0ff2f0
  5. #58f6f4

Shades

#09acaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09acaa
  2. #089b99
  3. #078a88
  4. #067877
  5. #056766
  6. #055655
  7. #044544
  8. #033433
  9. #022222
  10. #011111
  11. #000000

Tints

#09acaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09acaa
  2. #22b4b3
  3. #3abdbb
  4. #53c5c4
  5. #6bcdcc
  6. #84d6d5
  7. #9ddedd
  8. #b5e6e6
  9. #ceeeee
  10. #e6f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09acaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09acaa
  2. #15a8a6
  3. #21a3a2
  4. #2d9f9d
  5. #399a99
  6. #459695
  7. #509291
  8. #5c8d8d
  9. #688988
  10. #748484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.8:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.49:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7aa2a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a3aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d94ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2ab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7fa6aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f9eab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09acaa {
  color: #09acaa;
}
Background
.bg-09acaa {
  background-color: #09acaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09acaa {
  border: 2px solid #09acaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09acaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 172 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 90% 35%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09acaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09acaa, #095dac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09acaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 172 170 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.76 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.25 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.05 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.63 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.85 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.68 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.34 #f65355 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#09acaa  rgb(9, 172, 170)  hsl(179, 90%, 35%)  Light Sea Green
#ac090b  rgb(172, 9, 11)  hsl(359, 90%, 35%)  Rufous
#aa09ac  rgb(170, 9, 172)  hsl(299, 90%, 35%)  Dark Orchid
#acaa09  rgb(172, 170, 9)  hsl(59, 90%, 35%)  Brass