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#09C8A3

#09c8a3 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#09c8a3 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 78.43% green and 63.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.5% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.5% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 168.38°, with 91.39% saturation and 40.98% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 9.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.54.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4401

Complementary

  1. #09c8a3
  2. #c8092e

Split complementary

  1. #09c8a3
  2. #c8098d
  3. #c84409

Analogous

  1. #09c844
  2. #09c8a3
  3. #098dc8

Triadic

  1. #09c8a3
  2. #a309c8
  3. #c8a309

Tetradic

  1. #09c8a3
  2. #092ec8
  3. #c8092e
  4. #c8a309

Square

  1. #09c8a3
  2. #4409c8
  3. #c8092e
  4. #8dc809

Monochromatic

  1. #02362c
  2. #067f67
  3. #09c8a3
  4. #28f5ce
  5. #71f9de

Shades

#09c8a3 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09c8a3
  2. #08b493
  3. #07a082
  4. #068c72
  5. #057862
  6. #056452
  7. #045041
  8. #033c31
  9. #022821
  10. #011410
  11. #000000

Tints

#09c8a3 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09c8a3
  2. #22ceac
  3. #3ad3b5
  4. #53d9bf
  5. #6bdec8
  6. #84e4d1
  7. #9de9da
  8. #b5efe3
  9. #cef4ed
  10. #e6faf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09c8a3 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09c8a3
  2. #15c1a0
  3. #21ba9c
  4. #2db299
  5. #39ab95
  6. #45a492
  7. #509d8e
  8. #5c968b
  9. #688e87
  10. #748784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dbbac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c1baa1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acaba6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cabd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ac0a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89b7a5 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c9b3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09c8a3 {
  color: #09c8a3;
}
Background
.bg-09c8a3 {
  background-color: #09c8a3;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09c8a3 {
  border: 2px solid #09c8a3;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09c8a3;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 200 163;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09c8a3 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09c8a3, #098dc8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09c8a3 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 200 163 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.54 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.96 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.35 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.01 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.25 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.31 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 10.37 #f6375c Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#09c8a3  rgb(9, 200, 163)  hsl(168, 91%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#c8092e  rgb(200, 9, 46)  hsl(348, 91%, 41%)  Cardinal
#a309c8  rgb(163, 9, 200)  hsl(288, 91%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#c8a309  rgb(200, 163, 9)  hsl(48, 91%, 41%)  Metallic Gold