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#9CD9CA

#9cd9ca ≈ Seafoam Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#9cd9ca is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 61.18% red, 85.1% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.91% yellow and 14.9% black. Its hue angle is 165.25°, with 44.53% saturation and 73.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 13.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Seafoam Green (#9fe2bf), ΔE 6.54.

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Relative luminance0.6096

Complementary

  1. #9cd9ca
  2. #d99cab

Split complementary

  1. #9cd9ca
  2. #d99cca
  3. #d9ac9c

Analogous

  1. #9cd9ac
  2. #9cd9ca
  3. #9ccad9

Triadic

  1. #9cd9ca
  2. #ca9cd9
  3. #d9ca9c

Tetradic

  1. #9cd9ca
  2. #9cabd9
  3. #d99cab
  4. #d9ca9c

Square

  1. #9cd9ca
  2. #ac9cd9
  3. #d99cab
  4. #cad99c

Monochromatic

  1. #3d9f87
  2. #65c4ac
  3. #9cd9ca
  4. #d3eee8
  5. #f0f9f7

Shades

#9cd9ca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #9cd9ca
  2. #8cc3b6
  3. #7daea2
  4. #6d988d
  5. #5e8279
  6. #4e6d65
  7. #3e5751
  8. #2f413d
  9. #1f2b28
  10. #101614
  11. #000000

Tints

#9cd9ca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #9cd9ca
  2. #a6ddcf
  3. #b0e1d5
  4. #bae4da
  5. #c4e8df
  6. #ceece5
  7. #d7f0ea
  8. #e1f4ef
  9. #ebf7f4
  10. #f5fbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#9cd9ca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #9cd9ca
  2. #99d0c3
  3. #96c7bb
  4. #94beb4
  5. #91b5ac
  6. #8eada5
  7. #8ba49e
  8. #889b96
  9. #86928f
  10. #838987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #bbd2cc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4d2c9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c9cacb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #8bdbd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c0d5ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b9d0cb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #92dad0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-9cd9ca {
  color: #9cd9ca;
}
Background
.bg-9cd9ca {
  background-color: #9cd9ca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-9cd9ca {
  border: 2px solid #9cd9ca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #9cd9ca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 156 217 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 45% 73%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-9cd9ca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9cd9ca, #9ccad9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-9cd9ca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(156 217 202 / 0.35);
}

#9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 6.54 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 6.94 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.71 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.06 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.12 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.29 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.47 #632635 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Seafoam Green
#9cd9ca  rgb(156, 217, 202)  hsl(165, 45%, 73%)  Seafoam Green
#d99cab  rgb(217, 156, 171)  hsl(345, 45%, 73%)  Puce
#ca9cd9  rgb(202, 156, 217)  hsl(285, 45%, 73%)  Wisteria
#d9ca9c  rgb(217, 202, 156)  hsl(45, 45%, 73%)  Wheat