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#09CC99

#09cc99 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#09cc99 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 80% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.59% cyan, 0% magenta, 25% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 164.31°, with 91.55% saturation and 41.76% 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 10.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 0.1.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4554

Complementary

  1. #09cc99
  2. #cc093c

Split complementary

  1. #09cc99
  2. #cc099d
  3. #cc3809

Analogous

  1. #09cc38
  2. #09cc99
  3. #099dcc

Triadic

  1. #09cc99
  2. #9909cc
  3. #cc9909

Tetradic

  1. #09cc99
  2. #093ccc
  3. #cc093c
  4. #cc9909

Square

  1. #09cc99
  2. #3809cc
  3. #cc093c
  4. #9dcc09

Monochromatic

  1. #03392b
  2. #068362
  3. #09cc99
  4. #2cf6c1
  5. #75f9d6

Shades

#09cc99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09cc99
  2. #08b88a
  3. #07a37a
  4. #068f6b
  5. #057a5c
  6. #05664d
  7. #04523d
  8. #033d2e
  9. #02291f
  10. #01140f
  11. #000000

Tints

#09cc99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09cc99
  2. #22d1a3
  3. #3ad6ad
  4. #53dbb8
  5. #6be0c2
  6. #84e6cc
  7. #9debd6
  8. #b5f0e0
  9. #cef5eb
  10. #e6faf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09cc99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09cc99
  2. #15c497
  3. #21bd94
  4. #2db592
  5. #39ae8f
  6. #45a68d
  7. #509e8a
  8. #5c9788
  9. #688f85
  10. #748883
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbeaa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7bd96 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3ae9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdbe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec397 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ebb9b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ccb0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09cc99 {
  color: #09cc99;
}
Background
.bg-09cc99 {
  background-color: #09cc99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09cc99 {
  border: 2px solid #09cc99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09cc99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 204 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09cc99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09cc99, #099dcc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09cc99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 204 153 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 0.10 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.67 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.53 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.81 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.56 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.15 #00a86b Jade ΔE 10.73 #f63366 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#09cc99  rgb(9, 204, 153)  hsl(164, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#cc093c  rgb(204, 9, 60)  hsl(344, 92%, 42%)  Cardinal
#9909cc  rgb(153, 9, 204)  hsl(284, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#cc9909  rgb(204, 153, 9)  hsl(44, 92%, 42%)  Goldenrod