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#09CB89

#09cb89 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#09cb89 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 79.61% green and 53.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 32.51% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 159.59°, with 91.51% saturation and 41.57% 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 9.92:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.44.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4458

Complementary

  1. #09cb89
  2. #cb094b

Split complementary

  1. #09cb89
  2. #cb09ac
  3. #cb2809

Analogous

  1. #09cb28
  2. #09cb89
  3. #09accb

Triadic

  1. #09cb89
  2. #8909cb
  3. #cb8909

Tetradic

  1. #09cb89
  2. #094bcb
  3. #cb094b
  4. #cb8909

Square

  1. #09cb89
  2. #2809cb
  3. #cb094b
  4. #accb09

Monochromatic

  1. #033926
  2. #068258
  3. #09cb89
  4. #2bf6b1
  5. #74f9cc

Shades

#09cb89 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09cb89
  2. #08b77b
  3. #07a26e
  4. #068e60
  5. #057a52
  6. #056645
  7. #045137
  8. #033d29
  9. #02291b
  10. #01140e
  11. #000000

Tints

#09cb89 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09cb89
  2. #22d095
  3. #3ad5a1
  4. #53dbac
  5. #6be0b8
  6. #84e5c4
  7. #9dead0
  8. #b5efdc
  9. #cef5e7
  10. #e6faf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09cb89 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09cb89
  2. #15c488
  3. #21bc87
  4. #2db586
  5. #39ad85
  6. #45a685
  7. #509e84
  8. #5c9783
  9. #688f82
  10. #748881
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.12:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.92:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b2b2b2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ebda3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8bb85 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b4ac8d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00caba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fc187 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fb98c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cba8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09cb89 {
  color: #09cb89;
}
Background
.bg-09cb89 {
  background-color: #09cb89;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09cb89 {
  border: 2px solid #09cb89;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09cb89;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 203 137;
  --color-primary-hsl: 160 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09cb89 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09cb89, #09accb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09cb89 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 203 137 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.44 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 4.87 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 6.79 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.27 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.01 #00a86b Jade ΔE 9.66 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 10.22 #f63476 Inverted #b2b2b2 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#09cb89  rgb(9, 203, 137)  hsl(160, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#cb094b  rgb(203, 9, 75)  hsl(340, 92%, 42%)  Cardinal
#8909cb  rgb(137, 9, 203)  hsl(280, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#cb8909  rgb(203, 137, 9)  hsl(40, 92%, 42%)  Dark Goldenrod