Light teal
#ADE9CA
#ADE9CA is a light teal with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 13.7:1. On white it reaches only 1.4:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#ADE9CA shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ADE9CA kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 E2FFEF
- 100 CBF7E0
- 200 ADE9CA
- 300 98CDB2
- 400 79B295
- 500 5D967A
- 600 427B60
- 700 2C6149
- 800 184A35
- 900 063422
- 950 001F12
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-teal-50: #e2ffef; --color-teal-100: #cbf7e0; --color-teal-200: #ade9ca; --color-teal-300: #98cdb2; --color-teal-400: #79b295; --color-teal-500: #5d967a; --color-teal-600: #427b60; --color-teal-700: #2c6149; --color-teal-800: #184a35; --color-teal-900: #063422; --color-teal-950: #001f12;}Is #ADE9CA readable?
Contrast for text on #ADE9CA and for #ADE9CA used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 21 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AAA · 13.7APCA Lc 85 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #488266 · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Fail · 1.4APCA Lc 18 · Dividers and decoration only
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AAA · 13.7APCA Lc 85 · Body text
Color palettes with #ADE9CA
Six palettes built around #ADE9CA, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ADE9CA · #00B2A9 · #98C960 · #9EE4FF · #1A2923
- Complementary#ADE9CA · #C17C9D · #E793D6 · #ABF8CD · #1C2921
- Split complementary#ADE9CA · #9F67BB · #F88083 · #A6EACB · #202722
- Triadic#ADE9CA · #7481CC · #FF8343 · #97EBC4 · #21342D
- Tetradic#ADE9CA · #699EDE · #FF83C3 · #FFE0C0 · #1F2B24
- Monochromatic#ADE9CA · #43A07A · #00BF92 · #A7FDC4 · #1B2922
#ADE9CA as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ADE9CA looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #E2FFEF
- Brand 100, #CBF7E0
- Brand 200, #ADE9CA
- Brand 300, #98CDB2
- Brand 400, #79B295
- Brand 500, #5D967A
- Brand 600, #427B60
- Brand 700, #2C6149
- Brand 800, #184A35
- Brand 900, #063422
- Brand 950, #001F12
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F3F5F3
- Neutral 200, #E3E6E4
- Neutral 300, #D0D6D3
- Neutral 400, #9BA39F
- Neutral 500, #6D7671
- Neutral 600, #4E5752
- Neutral 700, #3B423E
- Neutral 800, #232A26
- Neutral 900, #131A16
- Neutral 950, #060C09
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEC
- Success 100, #B7FFD1
- Success 200, #9FEEBC
- Success 300, #7DD6A0
- Success 400, #59BA82
- Success 500, #43A970
- Success 600, #0D824D
- Success 700, #00663A
- Success 800, #004D2B
- Success 900, #00351C
- Success 950, #001F0E
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF6E5
- Warning 100, #FFE8C0
- Warning 200, #FCD387
- Warning 300, #E4B352
- Warning 400, #C99B3B
- Warning 500, #AE7F06
- Warning 600, #8D6600
- Warning 700, #6F4F00
- Warning 800, #543B00
- Warning 900, #3A2800
- Warning 950, #221600
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F2
- Danger 100, #FFE4E0
- Danger 200, #FFCBC2
- Danger 300, #FFA396
- Danger 400, #F77767
- Danger 500, #D45345
- Danger 600, #B93C30
- Danger 700, #99221A
- Danger 800, #7B0805
- Danger 900, #580000
- Danger 950, #360000
Info
- Info 50, #EEF9FF
- Info 100, #D6EFFF
- Info 200, #AFE1FF
- Info 300, #74CBFC
- Info 400, #4EAEE1
- Info 500, #2591C4
- Info 600, #0076A5
- Info 700, #005D82
- Info 800, #004563
- Info 900, #003045
- Info 950, #001B2A
- Primary buttons use Brand 200 with neutral 950 text, at 14.4:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 200: it already reads on the dark background at 14.4:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #ADE9CA
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