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#09CAAC

#09caac ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#09caac 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 67.45% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.54% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.85% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 170.67°, with 91.47% saturation and 41.37% 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 10.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.28.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4528

Complementary

  1. #09caac
  2. #ca0927

Split complementary

  1. #09caac
  2. #ca0988
  3. #ca4b09

Analogous

  1. #09ca4b
  2. #09caac
  3. #0988ca

Triadic

  1. #09caac
  2. #ac09ca
  3. #caac09

Tetradic

  1. #09caac
  2. #0927ca
  3. #ca0927
  4. #caac09

Square

  1. #09caac
  2. #4b09ca
  3. #ca0927
  4. #88ca09

Monochromatic

  1. #02382f
  2. #06816e
  3. #09caac
  4. #2af6d6
  5. #73f9e4

Shades

#09caac mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09caac
  2. #08b69b
  3. #07a28a
  4. #068d78
  5. #057967
  6. #056556
  7. #045145
  8. #033d34
  9. #022822
  10. #011411
  11. #000000

Tints

#09caac mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09caac
  2. #22cfb4
  3. #3ad5bd
  4. #53dac5
  5. #6bdfcd
  6. #84e5d6
  7. #9deade
  8. #b5efe6
  9. #cef4ee
  10. #e6faf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09caac mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09caac
  2. #15c3a8
  3. #21bba3
  4. #2db49f
  5. #39ac9a
  6. #45a596
  7. #509e92
  8. #5c968d
  9. #688f89
  10. #748784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.09:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbdb0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2bcab ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #adadae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ac2ab ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #89b9ad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09caac {
  color: #09caac;
}
Background
.bg-09caac {
  background-color: #09caac;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09caac {
  border: 2px solid #09caac;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09caac;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 202 172;
  --color-primary-hsl: 171 91% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09caac {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09caac, #0988ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09caac {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 202 172 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.28 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.50 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.42 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.89 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.83 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.87 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.03 #f63553 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#09caac  rgb(9, 202, 172)  hsl(171, 91%, 41%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ca0927  rgb(202, 9, 39)  hsl(351, 91%, 41%)  Fire Engine Red
#ac09ca  rgb(172, 9, 202)  hsl(291, 91%, 41%)  Dark Orchid
#caac09  rgb(202, 172, 9)  hsl(51, 91%, 41%)  Old Gold