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#4ECC9F

#4ecc9f ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#4ecc9f is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 80% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.76% cyan, 0% magenta, 22.06% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 158.57°, with 55.26% saturation and 55.29% 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 10.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 2.91.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4731

Complementary

  1. #4ecc9f
  2. #cc4e7b

Split complementary

  1. #4ecc9f
  2. #cc4eba
  3. #cc604e

Analogous

  1. #4ecc60
  2. #4ecc9f
  3. #4ebacc

Triadic

  1. #4ecc9f
  2. #9f4ecc
  3. #cc9f4e

Tetradic

  1. #4ecc9f
  2. #4e7bcc
  3. #cc4e7b
  4. #cc9f4e

Square

  1. #4ecc9f
  2. #604ecc
  3. #cc4e7b
  4. #bacc4e

Monochromatic

  1. #1d644b
  2. #2ea077
  3. #4ecc9f
  4. #89ddbf
  5. #c5eedf

Shades

#4ecc9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4ecc9f
  2. #46b88f
  3. #3ea37f
  4. #378f6f
  5. #2f7a5f
  6. #276650
  7. #1f5240
  8. #173d30
  9. #102920
  10. #081410
  11. #000000

Tints

#4ecc9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4ecc9f
  2. #60d1a9
  3. #71d6b2
  4. #83dbbc
  5. #95e0c5
  6. #a7e6cf
  7. #b8ebd9
  8. #caf0e2
  9. #dcf5ec
  10. #edfaf5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4ecc9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4ecc9f
  2. #53c49c
  3. #58bd99
  4. #5db596
  5. #62ae93
  6. #67a690
  7. #6c9e8c
  8. #719789
  9. #768f86
  10. #7b8883
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.01:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b7b7b7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98c0ae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8be9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6b2a2 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdbf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5c49e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97bda1 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #2accb3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4ecc9f {
  color: #4ecc9f;
}
Background
.bg-4ecc9f {
  background-color: #4ecc9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4ecc9f {
  border: 2px solid #4ecc9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4ecc9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 204 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 55% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4ecc9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4ecc9f, #4ebacc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4ecc9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 204 159 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 2.91 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 3.09 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.43 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.01 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 9.02 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.31 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.73 #b13360 Inverted #b7b7b7 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#4ecc9f  rgb(78, 204, 159)  hsl(159, 55%, 55%)  Caribbean Green
#cc4e7b  rgb(204, 78, 123)  hsl(339, 55%, 55%)  Telemagenta
#9f4ecc  rgb(159, 78, 204)  hsl(279, 55%, 55%)  Purpureus
#cc9f4e  rgb(204, 159, 78)  hsl(39, 55%, 55%)  Indian Yellow