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#0CD997

#0cd997 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Balanced
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#0cd997 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 4.71% red, 85.1% green and 59.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 94.47% cyan, 0% magenta, 30.41% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 160.68°, with 89.52% 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 11.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 4.2.

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Web safe#00cc99
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Relative luminance0.5194

Complementary

  1. #0cd997
  2. #d90c4e

Split complementary

  1. #0cd997
  2. #d90cb5
  3. #d9300c

Analogous

  1. #0cd930
  2. #0cd997
  3. #0cb5d9

Triadic

  1. #0cd997
  2. #970cd9
  3. #d9970c

Tetradic

  1. #0cd997
  2. #0c4ed9
  3. #d90c4e
  4. #d9970c

Square

  1. #0cd997
  2. #300cd9
  3. #d90c4e
  4. #b5d90c

Monochromatic

  1. #044832
  2. #089065
  3. #0cd997
  4. #3df4b9
  5. #86f8d3

Shades

#0cd997 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #0cd997
  2. #0bc388
  3. #0aae79
  4. #08986a
  5. #07825b
  6. #066d4c
  7. #05573c
  8. #04412d
  9. #022b1e
  10. #01160f
  11. #000000

Tints

#0cd997 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #0cd997
  2. #24dda1
  3. #3de1ac
  4. #55e4b6
  5. #6de8c1
  6. #86eccb
  7. #9ef0d5
  8. #b6f4e0
  9. #cef7ea
  10. #e7fbf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#0cd997 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #0cd997
  2. #18d095
  3. #23c792
  4. #2fbe90
  5. #3ab58e
  6. #46ad8c
  7. #52a489
  8. #5d9b87
  9. #699285
  10. #748982
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bfbfbf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98cab0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d5c893 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0b99b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d9c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aacf95 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99c69a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d9b6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-0cd997 {
  color: #0cd997;
}
Background
.bg-0cd997 {
  background-color: #0cd997;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-0cd997 {
  border: 2px solid #0cd997;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #0cd997;
  --color-primary-rgb: 12 217 151;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 90% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-0cd997 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0cd997, #0cb5d9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-0cd997 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(12 217 151 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.20 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 6.66 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.84 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 8.27 #77dd77 Pastel Green ΔE 9.99 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 10.01 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 10.15 #f32668 Inverted #bfbfbf Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#0cd997  rgb(12, 217, 151)  hsl(161, 90%, 45%)  Caribbean Green
#d90c4e  rgb(217, 12, 78)  hsl(341, 90%, 45%)  Raspberry
#970cd9  rgb(151, 12, 217)  hsl(281, 90%, 45%)  Dark Violet
#d9970c  rgb(217, 151, 12)  hsl(41, 90%, 45%)  Gamboge