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#09CD85

#09cd85 ≈ Emerald

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#09cd85 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 80.39% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.61% cyan, 0% magenta, 35.12% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 157.96°, with 91.59% saturation and 41.96% 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 10.08:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Emerald (#50c878), ΔE 4.15.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4541

Complementary

  1. #09cd85
  2. #cd0951

Split complementary

  1. #09cd85
  2. #cd09b3
  3. #cd2309

Analogous

  1. #09cd23
  2. #09cd85
  3. #09b3cd

Triadic

  1. #09cd85
  2. #8509cd
  3. #cd8509

Tetradic

  1. #09cd85
  2. #0951cd
  3. #cd0951
  4. #cd8509

Square

  1. #09cd85
  2. #2309cd
  3. #cd0951
  4. #b3cd09

Monochromatic

  1. #033a26
  2. #068455
  3. #09cd85
  4. #2df6ac
  5. #76f9c9

Shades

#09cd85 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09cd85
  2. #08b978
  3. #07a46a
  4. #06905d
  5. #057b50
  6. #056743
  7. #045235
  8. #033e28
  9. #02291b
  10. #01150d
  11. #000000

Tints

#09cd85 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09cd85
  2. #22d291
  3. #3ad79d
  4. #53dcaa
  5. #6be1b6
  6. #84e6c2
  7. #9debce
  8. #b5f0da
  9. #cef5e7
  10. #e6faf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09cd85 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09cd85
  2. #15c585
  3. #21be84
  4. #2db684
  5. #39ae83
  6. #45a783
  7. #509f82
  8. #5c9782
  9. #688f81
  10. #748881
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fbea3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbbc80 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7ae8a ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ccba ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a1c382 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91bb88 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cca8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09cd85 {
  color: #09cd85;
}
Background
.bg-09cd85 {
  background-color: #09cd85;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09cd85 {
  border: 2px solid #09cd85;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09cd85;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 205 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 158 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09cd85 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09cd85, #09b3cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09cd85 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 205 133 / 0.35);
}

#50c878 Emerald ΔE 4.15 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.56 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 7.04 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.26 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.87 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 9.56 #0bda51 Malachite ΔE 9.74 #f6327a Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Emerald
#09cd85  rgb(9, 205, 133)  hsl(158, 92%, 42%)  Emerald
#cd0951  rgb(205, 9, 81)  hsl(338, 92%, 42%)  Ruby
#8509cd  rgb(133, 9, 205)  hsl(278, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#cd8509  rgb(205, 133, 9)  hsl(38, 92%, 42%)  Fulvous