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#01AC9F

#01ac9f ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: low
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#01ac9f is a color from the cyan family, with low lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 0.39% red, 67.45% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 99.42% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.56% yellow and 32.55% black. Its hue angle is 175.44°, with 98.84% saturation and 33.92% 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 7.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.76.

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Web safe#009999
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Relative luminance0.3201

Complementary

  1. #01ac9f
  2. #ac010e

Split complementary

  1. #01ac9f
  2. #ac0163
  3. #ac4a01

Analogous

  1. #01ac4a
  2. #01ac9f
  3. #0163ac

Triadic

  1. #01ac9f
  2. #9f01ac
  3. #ac9f01

Tetradic

  1. #01ac9f
  2. #010eac
  3. #ac010e
  4. #ac9f01

Square

  1. #01ac9f
  2. #4a01ac
  3. #ac010e
  4. #63ac01

Monochromatic

  1. #001413
  2. #016059
  3. #01ac9f
  4. #01f8e5
  5. #48fef0

Shades

#01ac9f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #01ac9f
  2. #019b8f
  3. #018a7f
  4. #01786f
  5. #01675f
  6. #015650
  7. #004540
  8. #003430
  9. #002220
  10. #001110
  11. #000000

Tints

#01ac9f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #01ac9f
  2. #1ab4a9
  3. #34bdb2
  4. #4dc5bc
  5. #67cdc5
  6. #80d6cf
  7. #99ded9
  8. #b3e6e2
  9. #cceeec
  10. #e6f7f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#01ac9f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #01ac9f
  2. #0ea89c
  3. #1aa399
  4. #279f96
  5. #349a93
  6. #419690
  7. #4d928c
  8. #5a8d89
  9. #678986
  10. #738483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.84:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #79a19c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a19f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f94a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0a8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81a69f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #719ea0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00afa4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-01ac9f {
  color: #01ac9f;
}
Background
.bg-01ac9f {
  background-color: #01ac9f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-01ac9f {
  border: 2px solid #01ac9f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #01ac9f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 1 172 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 99% 34%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-01ac9f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #01ac9f, #0163ac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-01ac9f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(1 172 159 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.76 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 2.92 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.70 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.10 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.72 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.90 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 9.95 #fe5360 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#01ac9f  rgb(1, 172, 159)  hsl(175, 99%, 34%)  Light Sea Green
#ac010e  rgb(172, 1, 14)  hsl(355, 99%, 34%)  Cornell Red
#9f01ac  rgb(159, 1, 172)  hsl(295, 99%, 34%)  Dark Magenta
#ac9f01  rgb(172, 159, 1)  hsl(55, 99%, 34%)  Brass