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#09AAA2 — Vivid Teal

#09AAA2 is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color LightSeaGreen (#20B2AA). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: lightseagreen (#20B2AA) — not an exact match. CSS lightseagreen gives you #20B2AA, a different color; use #09AAA2 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#09AAA2 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #AA0911; it also sits naturally between #09AA51 and #0961AA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#09AAA2 · RGB 9, 170, 162

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Color values

HEX#09AAA2
RGB9, 170, 162
HSL177°, 90%, 35%
HSV177°, 95%, 67%
CMYK95%, 0%, 5%, 33%
XYZ21.01, 31.42, 39.14
Yxy31.42, 0.2294, 0.3431
CIE-Lab62.86, -37.59, -6.24
Hunter Lab56.05, -28.64, -5.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 4% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 95% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 5% · Key 33%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #09AAA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #09AAA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #09AAA2

.text { color: #09AAA2; }
.background { background-color: #09AAA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #09AAA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(9, 170, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(177, 90%, 35%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #09AAA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(9, 170, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #09AAA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(9, 170, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#09AAA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#09AAA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #09AAA2

#089B94#078D86#077E78#066F6A#05615C#044E4A#033F3C#03302E#022220#011312

Tints of #09AAA2

#0AC7BD#0CE4D9#1BF3E8#38F5EB#5AF6EF#77F8F1#94F9F4#B1FBF7#CFFCFA#ECFEFD

Tones of #09AAA2

#159E97#20928D#2C8782#367C79#42706E#4E6564

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AA0911:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.88:1 Fails
Against black text7.28:1 AAA

Best text color on #09AAA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #09AAA2

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #09AAA2: ·

How #09AAA2 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #4F50A4Deuteranopia · #4539A4Tritanopia · #11A5A6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 600 · #0891B2Material Teal 500 · #009688

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #09AAA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette 03a6a1
#03A6A1 · #FFE3BB · #FFA673 · #FF4F0F
Palette 007065
#007065 · #00A79D · #F5C181 · #FFEECF
Palette 103c42
#103C42 · #02576C · #05A19C · #FFE837
Velvet Lagoon
#1D2F55 · #0DA09A · #49A6C1 · #C7E1F3
Vivid Ruby Ember
#12A7AC · #6DEDEF · #D71D17 · #F0B4A8
Silent Ruby Ember
#16ADA7 · #30B8E5 · #6DA8EC · #9FAEF3

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#03A6A1#00A79D#05A19C#0DA09A#12A7AC#16ADA7#12B3A9#14AAAC#17B0A1#14B1AB#11AE94#00B8A9

Browse neighbouring colors

← #09AAA1  ·  #09AAA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #09AAA2?

#09AAA2 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 9, 170, 162). Its closest standard named color is LightSeaGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #09AAA2?

#09AAA2 is RGB 9, 170, 162 — HSL 177°, 90%, 35% — CMYK 95%, 0%, 5%, 33%.

What colors go with #09AAA2?

Its complement is #AA0911; analogous partners are #09AA51 and #0961AA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #09AAA2 for text?

Black text on #09AAA2 has a contrast ratio of 7.28:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.88:1.