Light teal
#ADE9CF
#ADE9CF is a light teal with medium intensity, at step 200 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 13.8:1. On white it reaches only 1.4:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#ADE9CF shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #ADE9CF kept exactly at step 200. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 E1FFF1
- 100 CBF7E3
- 200 ADE9CF
- 300 98CDB6
- 400 79B199
- 500 5C967E
- 600 427A64
- 700 2B614D
- 800 174A38
- 900 053425
- 950 001E14
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-teal-50: #e1fff1; --color-teal-100: #cbf7e3; --color-teal-200: #ade9cf; --color-teal-300: #98cdb6; --color-teal-400: #79b199; --color-teal-500: #5c967e; --color-teal-600: #427a64; --color-teal-700: #2b614d; --color-teal-800: #174a38; --color-teal-900: #053425; --color-teal-950: #001e14;}Is #ADE9CF readable?
Contrast for text on #ADE9CF and for #ADE9CF 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 · 13.8APCA Lc 85 · Body text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #48816B · 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 · 13.8APCA Lc 85 · Body text
Color palettes with #ADE9CF
Six palettes built around #ADE9CF, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#ADE9CF · #0FA0A3 · #5EBC57 · #BDEFFF · #1A2923
- Complementary#ADE9CF · #D36EA4 · #FB85BA · #9FF7CC · #24322A
- Split complementary#ADE9CF · #BE77C5 · #FB859D · #B2F8D1 · #1E2B24
- Triadic#ADE9CF · #7873CB · #FF8546 · #8EFACF · #1D2622
- Tetradic#ADE9CF · #6698D0 · #FE85D7 · #FACD9C · #1E2923
- Monochromatic#ADE9CF · #00B290 · #00B489 · #99FBDE · #16231B
#ADE9CF as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #ADE9CF looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #E1FFF1
- Brand 100, #CBF7E3
- Brand 200, #ADE9CF
- Brand 300, #98CDB6
- Brand 400, #79B199
- Brand 500, #5C967E
- Brand 600, #427A64
- Brand 700, #2B614D
- Brand 800, #174A38
- Brand 900, #053425
- Brand 950, #001E14
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFA
- Neutral 100, #F2F5F4
- Neutral 200, #E2E6E4
- Neutral 300, #D0D6D3
- Neutral 400, #9BA39F
- Neutral 500, #6C7671
- Neutral 600, #4D5752
- Neutral 700, #3A433F
- Neutral 800, #222A26
- Neutral 900, #131A17
- Neutral 950, #060C09
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFED
- Success 100, #B5FFD4
- Success 200, #9CEFBF
- Success 300, #7AD6A3
- Success 400, #55BA85
- Success 500, #3DA974
- Success 600, #008250
- Success 700, #00663E
- Success 800, #004D2E
- Success 900, #00351E
- Success 950, #001F0F
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 #ADE9CF
Lighter and darker versions, its complementary color, neighbors on the color wheel and softer variants.