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#09CD9E

#09cd9e ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#09cd9e 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 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.61% cyan, 0% magenta, 22.93% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 165.61°, with 91.59% saturation and 41.96% 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 10.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 1.04.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4619

Complementary

  1. #09cd9e
  2. #cd0938

Split complementary

  1. #09cd9e
  2. #cd099a
  3. #cd3c09

Analogous

  1. #09cd3c
  2. #09cd9e
  3. #099acd

Triadic

  1. #09cd9e
  2. #9e09cd
  3. #cd9e09

Tetradic

  1. #09cd9e
  2. #0938cd
  3. #cd0938
  4. #cd9e09

Square

  1. #09cd9e
  2. #3c09cd
  3. #cd0938
  4. #9acd09

Monochromatic

  1. #033a2d
  2. #068466
  3. #09cd9e
  4. #2df6c6
  5. #76f9da

Shades

#09cd9e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09cd9e
  2. #08b98e
  3. #07a47e
  4. #06906f
  5. #057b5f
  6. #05674f
  7. #04523f
  8. #033e2f
  9. #022920
  10. #011510
  11. #000000

Tints

#09cd9e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09cd9e
  2. #22d2a8
  3. #3ad7b1
  4. #53dcbb
  5. #6be1c5
  6. #84e6cf
  7. #9debd8
  8. #b5f0e2
  9. #cef5ec
  10. #e6faf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09cd9e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09cd9e
  2. #15c59b
  3. #21be98
  4. #2db695
  5. #39ae92
  6. #45a78f
  7. #509f8c
  8. #5c9789
  9. #688f86
  10. #748883
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90bfac ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c7be9c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3afa1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cec0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9fc49d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8ebca0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ceb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09cd9e {
  color: #09cd9e;
}
Background
.bg-09cd9e {
  background-color: #09cd9e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09cd9e {
  border: 2px solid #09cd9e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09cd9e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 205 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 166 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09cd9e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09cd9e, #099acd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09cd9e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 205 158 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 1.04 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.17 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.80 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.77 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.22 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 9.39 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 10.59 #f63261 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#09cd9e  rgb(9, 205, 158)  hsl(166, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#cd0938  rgb(205, 9, 56)  hsl(346, 92%, 42%)  Cardinal
#9e09cd  rgb(158, 9, 205)  hsl(286, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#cd9e09  rgb(205, 158, 9)  hsl(46, 92%, 42%)  Goldenrod