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#09DC99

#09dc99 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#09dc99 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 3.53% red, 86.27% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 95.91% cyan, 0% magenta, 30.45% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 160.95°, with 92.14% saturation and 44.9% 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 11.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 4.79.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.5354

Complementary

  1. #09dc99
  2. #dc094c

Split complementary

  1. #09dc99
  2. #dc09b5
  3. #dc3009

Analogous

  1. #09dc30
  2. #09dc99
  3. #09b5dc

Triadic

  1. #09dc99
  2. #9909dc
  3. #dc9909

Tetradic

  1. #09dc99
  2. #094cdc
  3. #dc094c
  4. #dc9909

Square

  1. #09dc99
  2. #3009dc
  3. #dc094c
  4. #b5dc09

Monochromatic

  1. #034933
  2. #069266
  3. #09dc99
  4. #3bf7bb
  5. #84fad5

Shades

#09dc99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #09dc99
  2. #08c68a
  3. #07b07a
  4. #069a6b
  5. #05845c
  6. #056e4d
  7. #04583d
  8. #03422e
  9. #022c1f
  10. #01160f
  11. #000000

Tints

#09dc99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #09dc99
  2. #22e0a3
  3. #3ae3ad
  4. #53e7b8
  5. #6beac2
  6. #84eecc
  7. #9df1d6
  8. #b5f5e0
  9. #cef8eb
  10. #e6fcf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#09dc99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #09dc99
  2. #15d397
  3. #21ca94
  4. #2dc092
  5. #39b78f
  6. #45ae8d
  7. #50a58a
  8. #5c9c88
  9. #689285
  10. #748983
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.79:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9acdb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8cb95 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c3bb9d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dcca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acd297 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bc99c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dcb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-09dc99 {
  color: #09dc99;
}
Background
.bg-09dc99 {
  background-color: #09dc99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-09dc99 {
  border: 2px solid #09dc99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #09dc99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 9 220 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 92% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-09dc99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #09dc99, #09b5dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-09dc99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(9 220 153 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.79 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.07 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 7.63 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.15 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 9.89 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 10.69 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 10.81 #f62366 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#09dc99  rgb(9, 220, 153)  hsl(161, 92%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#dc094c  rgb(220, 9, 76)  hsl(341, 92%, 45%)  Raspberry
#9909dc  rgb(153, 9, 220)  hsl(281, 92%, 45%)  Dark Violet
#dc9909  rgb(220, 153, 9)  hsl(41, 92%, 45%)  Gamboge