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#00A99F

#00a99f ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#00a99f is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0% red, 66.27% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 100% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.92% yellow and 33.73% black. Its hue angle is 176.45°, with 100% saturation and 33.14% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and corporate identities. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.18:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.93.

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Web safe#009999
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Relative luminance0.3088

Complementary

  1. #00a99f
  2. #a9000a

Split complementary

  1. #00a99f
  2. #a9005f
  3. #a94b00

Analogous

  1. #00a94b
  2. #00a99f
  3. #005fa9

Triadic

  1. #00a99f
  2. #9f00a9
  3. #a99f00

Tetradic

  1. #00a99f
  2. #000aa9
  3. #a9000a
  4. #a99f00

Square

  1. #00a99f
  2. #4b00a9
  3. #a9000a
  4. #5fa900

Monochromatic

  1. #001413
  2. #005d57
  3. #00a99f
  4. #00f6e7
  5. #43fff4

Shades

#00a99f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #00a99f
  2. #00988f
  3. #00877f
  4. #00766f
  5. #00655f
  6. #005550
  7. #004440
  8. #003330
  9. #002220
  10. #001110
  11. #000000

Tints

#00a99f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #00a99f
  2. #1ab2a9
  3. #33bab2
  4. #4dc3bc
  5. #66cbc5
  6. #80d4cf
  7. #99ddd9
  8. #b3e5e2
  9. #cceeec
  10. #e6f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#00a99f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #00a99f
  2. #0da59c
  3. #1aa199
  4. #269d96
  5. #339993
  6. #409590
  7. #4d908c
  8. #5a8c89
  9. #668886
  10. #738483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.93:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.18:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #779e9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9f9f9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c91a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7ea39f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6f9ba0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aca3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-00a99f {
  color: #00a99f;
}
Background
.bg-00a99f {
  background-color: #00a99f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-00a99f {
  border: 2px solid #00a99f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #00a99f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 0 169 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 100% 33%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-00a99f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00a99f, #005fa9);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-00a99f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(0 169 159 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.93 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 3.43 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.62 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.32 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.73 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.02 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 10.31 #ff5660 Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#00a99f  rgb(0, 169, 159)  hsl(176, 100%, 33%)  Light Sea Green
#a9000a  rgb(169, 0, 10)  hsl(356, 100%, 33%)  Rufous
#9f00a9  rgb(159, 0, 169)  hsl(296, 100%, 33%)  Dark Magenta
#a99f00  rgb(169, 159, 0)  hsl(56, 100%, 33%)  Brass