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#09CB99

#09cb99 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#09cb99 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 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.63% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 164.54°, 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 10.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 0.31.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4507

Complementary

  1. #09cb99
  2. #cb093b

Split complementary

  1. #09cb99
  2. #cb099c
  3. #cb3809

Analogous

  1. #09cb38
  2. #09cb99
  3. #099ccb

Triadic

  1. #09cb99
  2. #9909cb
  3. #cb9909

Tetradic

  1. #09cb99
  2. #093bcb
  3. #cb093b
  4. #cb9909

Square

  1. #09cb99
  2. #3809cb
  3. #cb093b
  4. #9ccb09

Monochromatic

  1. #03392b
  2. #068262
  3. #09cb99
  4. #2bf6c1
  5. #74f9d7

Shades

#09cb99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09cb99
  2. #08b78a
  3. #07a27a
  4. #068e6b
  5. #057a5c
  6. #05664d
  7. #04513d
  8. #033d2e
  9. #02291f
  10. #01140f
  11. #000000

Tints

#09cb99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09cb99
  2. #22d0a3
  3. #3ad5ad
  4. #53dbb8
  5. #6be0c2
  6. #84e5cc
  7. #9dead6
  8. #b5efe0
  9. #cef5eb
  10. #e6faf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09cb99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09cb99
  2. #15c497
  3. #21bc94
  4. #2db592
  5. #39ad8f
  6. #45a68d
  7. #509e8a
  8. #5c9788
  9. #688f85
  10. #748883
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8ebda9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c6bc96 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b1ad9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccbd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9dc297 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8dba9b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cbb0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09cb99 {
  color: #09cb99;
}
Background
.bg-09cb99 {
  background-color: #09cb99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09cb99 {
  border: 2px solid #09cb99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09cb99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 203 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09cb99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09cb99, #099ccb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09cb99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 203 153 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 0.31 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.61 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.29 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.97 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.49 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.86 #00a86b Jade ΔE 10.58 #f63466 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#09cb99  rgb(9, 203, 153)  hsl(165, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#cb093b  rgb(203, 9, 59)  hsl(345, 92%, 42%)  Cardinal
#9909cb  rgb(153, 9, 203)  hsl(285, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#cb9909  rgb(203, 153, 9)  hsl(45, 92%, 42%)  Goldenrod