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#09CA8A

#09ca8a ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#09ca8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 79.22% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.54% cyan, 0% magenta, 31.68% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 160.1°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% 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 9.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.1.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4413

Complementary

  1. #09ca8a
  2. #ca0949

Split complementary

  1. #09ca8a
  2. #ca09aa
  3. #ca2909

Analogous

  1. #09ca29
  2. #09ca8a
  3. #09aaca

Triadic

  1. #09ca8a
  2. #8a09ca
  3. #ca8a09

Tetradic

  1. #09ca8a
  2. #0949ca
  3. #ca0949
  4. #ca8a09

Square

  1. #09ca8a
  2. #2909ca
  3. #ca0949
  4. #aaca09

Monochromatic

  1. #023826
  2. #068158
  3. #09ca8a
  4. #2af6b2
  5. #73f9cc

Shades

#09ca8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09ca8a
  2. #08b67c
  3. #07a26e
  4. #068d61
  5. #057953
  6. #056545
  7. #045137
  8. #033d29
  9. #02281c
  10. #01140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#09ca8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09ca8a
  2. #22cf96
  3. #3ad5a1
  4. #53daad
  5. #6bdfb9
  6. #84e5c5
  7. #9dead0
  8. #b5efdc
  9. #cef4e8
  10. #e6faf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09ca8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09ca8a
  2. #15c389
  3. #21bb88
  4. #2db487
  5. #39ac86
  6. #45a585
  7. #509e84
  8. #5c9683
  9. #688f82
  10. #748781
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b1b1b1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8dbca3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7ba86 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3ac8e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c9b9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec188 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8eb98d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00caa8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09ca8a {
  color: #09ca8a;
}
Background
.bg-09ca8a {
  background-color: #09ca8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09ca8a {
  border: 2px solid #09ca8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09ca8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 202 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09ca8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09ca8a, #09aaca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09ca8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 202 138 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.10 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 5.15 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 6.67 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.89 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.76 #00a86b Jade ΔE 9.45 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.81 #f63575 Inverted #b1b1b1 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#09ca8a  rgb(9, 202, 138)  hsl(160, 91%, 41%)  Caribbean Green
#ca0949  rgb(202, 9, 73)  hsl(340, 91%, 41%)  Cardinal
#8a09ca  rgb(138, 9, 202)  hsl(280, 91%, 41%)  Dark Violet
#ca8a09  rgb(202, 138, 9)  hsl(40, 91%, 41%)  Dark Goldenrod