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#27CA99

#27ca99 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#27ca99 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 15.29% red, 79.22% green and 60% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 80.69% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.26% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 161.96°, with 67.63% saturation and 47.25% 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 brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 0.9.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4497

Complementary

  1. #27ca99
  2. #ca2758

Split complementary

  1. #27ca99
  2. #ca27a9
  3. #ca4727

Analogous

  1. #27ca47
  2. #27ca99
  3. #27a9ca

Triadic

  1. #27ca99
  2. #9927ca
  3. #ca9927

Tetradic

  1. #27ca99
  2. #2758ca
  3. #ca2758
  4. #ca9927

Square

  1. #27ca99
  2. #4727ca
  3. #ca2758
  4. #a9ca27

Monochromatic

  1. #0e4a38
  2. #1b8a68
  3. #27ca99
  4. #5ee0b9
  5. #9eecd5

Shades

#27ca99 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #27ca99
  2. #23b68a
  3. #1fa27a
  4. #1b8d6b
  5. #17795c
  6. #14654d
  7. #10513d
  8. #0c3d2e
  9. #08281f
  10. #04140f
  11. #000000

Tints

#27ca99 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #27ca99
  2. #3dcfa3
  3. #52d5ad
  4. #68dab8
  5. #7ddfc2
  6. #93e5cc
  7. #a9ead6
  8. #beefe0
  9. #d4f4eb
  10. #e9faf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#27ca99 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #27ca99
  2. #30c397
  3. #39bb94
  4. #42b492
  5. #4bac8f
  6. #54a58d
  7. #5c9e8a
  8. #659688
  9. #6e8f85
  10. #778783
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90bda9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5bb96 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2ad9c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cbbc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9ec197 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fb99b ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00caaf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-27ca99 {
  color: #27ca99;
}
Background
.bg-27ca99 {
  background-color: #27ca99;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-27ca99 {
  border: 2px solid #27ca99;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #27ca99;
  --color-primary-rgb: 39 202 153;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 68% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-27ca99 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #27ca99, #27a9ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-27ca99 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(39 202 153 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 0.90 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.09 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 5.91 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.76 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.24 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.62 #00a86b Jade ΔE 10.44 #d83566 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#27ca99  rgb(39, 202, 153)  hsl(162, 68%, 47%)  Caribbean Green
#ca2758  rgb(202, 39, 88)  hsl(342, 68%, 47%)  Ruby
#9927ca  rgb(153, 39, 202)  hsl(282, 68%, 47%)  Dark Orchid
#ca9927  rgb(202, 153, 39)  hsl(42, 68%, 47%)  Goldenrod