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#09CE8A

#09ce8a ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#09ce8a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 80.78% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.63% cyan, 0% magenta, 33.01% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 159.29°, with 91.63% saturation and 42.16% 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 10.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 3.73.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.4604

Complementary

  1. #09ce8a
  2. #ce094d

Split complementary

  1. #09ce8a
  2. #ce09b0
  3. #ce2809

Analogous

  1. #09ce28
  2. #09ce8a
  3. #09b0ce

Triadic

  1. #09ce8a
  2. #8a09ce
  3. #ce8a09

Tetradic

  1. #09ce8a
  2. #094dce
  3. #ce094d
  4. #ce8a09

Square

  1. #09ce8a
  2. #2809ce
  3. #ce094d
  4. #b0ce09

Monochromatic

  1. #033b28
  2. #068559
  3. #09ce8a
  4. #2ef6b1
  5. #77f9cc

Shades

#09ce8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09ce8a
  2. #08b97c
  3. #07a56e
  4. #069061
  5. #057c53
  6. #056745
  7. #045237
  8. #033e29
  9. #02291c
  10. #01150e
  11. #000000

Tints

#09ce8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09ce8a
  2. #22d396
  3. #3ad8a1
  4. #53ddad
  5. #6be2b9
  6. #84e7c5
  7. #9debd0
  8. #b5f0dc
  9. #cef5e8
  10. #e6faf3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09ce8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09ce8a
  2. #15c689
  3. #21be88
  4. #2db787
  5. #39af86
  6. #45a785
  7. #509f84
  8. #5c9783
  9. #689082
  10. #748881
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.06:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b5b5b5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90bfa5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cbbd86 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7af8f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2c488 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92bc8d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ceaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09ce8a {
  color: #09ce8a;
}
Background
.bg-09ce8a {
  background-color: #09ce8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09ce8a {
  border: 2px solid #09ce8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09ce8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 206 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 92% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09ce8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09ce8a, #09b0ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09ce8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 206 138 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.73 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 4.81 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 7.42 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.01 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.17 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 10.03 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 10.38 #f63175 Inverted #b5b5b5 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#09ce8a  rgb(9, 206, 138)  hsl(159, 92%, 42%)  Caribbean Green
#ce094d  rgb(206, 9, 77)  hsl(339, 92%, 42%)  Raspberry
#8a09ce  rgb(138, 9, 206)  hsl(279, 92%, 42%)  Dark Violet
#ce8a09  rgb(206, 138, 9)  hsl(39, 92%, 42%)  Dark Goldenrod