Named colour

Material Teal 500 #009688

The teal that launched a design language.

Token name suggestion: Dusk Reef

RGB

0, 150, 136

HSL

174°, 100%, 29%

CMYK

100, 0, 9, 41

Luminance

0.2359

#009688 is a dark electric cyan, 174° on the wheel and 85/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.72:1). As text it scores 3.67:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Dark Cyan, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(174 100% 29%)rgb(0 150 136)Base step 800AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #009688 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex

#009688

Hue

174°

cyan

Saturation

100%

electric

Lightness

29%

dark

Brightness

59%

HSV value

Perceived

49%

weighted brightness

Luminance

0.2359

WCAG relative

Temperature

Cool

85/100 cool

Color family

Cyan

Tone

Electric

Best ink

Black

5.72:1

Closest name

Dark Cyan

ΔE2000 6.5

Chroma

36.7

LCH, 0–130ish

OKLCH L

0.605

perceptual lightness

Tailwind

teal

500 · ΔE 10.3

Web-safe

#009999

nearest of 216

Where it sits

Hue174° of 360°

Saturation100%

Lightness29%

Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #009688.

Temperature

Warm ← → Cool85% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Warmer#009651 This color#009688 Cooler#006E96

Luminance by channel

Red0%

Green92%

Blue8%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

About Material Teal 500

Material Teal 500, #009688, is the deep blue-green that became the face of Google\u2019s Material Design \u2014 the default accent that, from 2014 onward, colored a generation of Android apps and defined the flat-but-bold look of the era.

History

When Google launched Material Design in 2014, teal-500 was its most iconic default accent \u2014 splashed across app bars and buttons so widely that \u201cMaterial teal\u201d became a visual shorthand for early-Material Android design.

Psychology

A deep blue-green reads modern, calm and confident \u2014 fresh and distinctive without shouting. It feels clean and systematic, the signature of a design language built on bold color and clear hierarchy.

In design

A deep blue-green (4.3:1 \u2014 large-text/UI) that defined a system. The design-system lesson: Material gave every color a role and a number (teal-500) \u2014 turning color from decoration into a systematic, documented design vocabulary.

In culture

Material Design\u2019s face, early-Android app bars, the systematic accent: the teal that launched a design language.

Brands that own material teal 500

Teal#008080 Ocean teal#008b8b Viridian#40826d Jade#00a86b Turquoise#40e0d0

Shades of material teal 500

Teal Ocean teal Viridian Jade Turquoise Pine Emerald Sea green

Every format

HEX	#009688
HEX (8-digit)	#009688ff
RGB	rgb(0, 150, 136)
RGBA	rgba(0, 150, 136, 1)
HSL	hsl(174, 100%, 29%)
HSV / HSB	hsv(174, 100%, 59%)
HWB	hwb(174 0% 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(100%, 0%, 9%, 41%)
LAB	lab(55.7 -36.7 -2.1)
LCH	lch(55.7 36.7 183.3)
OKLCH	oklch(0.605 0.107 183.4)
XYZ (D65)	xyz(15.35, 23.59, 27.03)
Decimal	38536
Display P3	color(display-p3 0.000 0.588 0.533)
Web-safe	#009999

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select

/* CSS */
color: #009688;
background-color: #009688;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #009688;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#009688] bg-[#009688]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #009688;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.000, green: 0.588, blue: 0.533)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.000, green: 0.588, blue: 0.533, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#009688</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF009688)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF009688)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(136, 150, 0)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(0, 150, 136)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(0, 150, 136)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 150, 136)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.0000f, 0.5882f, 0.5333f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{0,150,136}

modern cssclick to select

/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #009688 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #009688 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#008074, #D3EEEC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #009688 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select

:root {
  --brand-50: #F1FEFC;
  --brand-100: #E3FCFA;
  --brand-200: #C0FCF6;
  --brand-300: #8FFFF5;
  --brand-400: #57FFEF;
  --brand-500: #1FFFEA;
  --brand-600: #00F5DE;
  --brand-700: #00CCB9;
  --brand-800: #009688;
  --brand-900: #05766B;
  --brand-950: #034943;
  --brand: #009688;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAFA;
  --brand-border: #C0EDE8;
  --brand-hover: #007268;
  --brand-pressed: #004F47;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142423;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEEC;
  }
}

tailwind.config.jsclick to select

theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F1FEFC',
        100: '#E3FCFA',
        200: '#C0FCF6',
        300: '#8FFFF5',
        400: '#57FFEF',
        500: '#1FFFEA',
        600: '#00F5DE',
        700: '#00CCB9',
        800: '#009688',
        900: '#05766B',
        950: '#034943',
        DEFAULT: '#009688',
      },
    },
  },
}

scss mapclick to select

$brand: (
  '50': #F1FEFC,
  '100': #E3FCFA,
  '200': #C0FCF6,
  '300': #8FFFF5,
  '400': #57FFEF,
  '500': #1FFFEA,
  '600': #00F5DE,
  '700': #00CCB9,
  '800': #009688,
  '900': #05766B,
  '950': #034943,
);
$brand-base: #009688;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }

w3c design tokens (json)click to select

{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F1FEFC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E3FCFA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C0FCF6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#8FFFF5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#57FFEF", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#1FFFEA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#00F5DE", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#00CCB9", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#009688", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#05766B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#034943", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #009688 · 5.72:1

Use #000000 — AA at every size, AAA for large text only.

12px

16px

24px

White text · 3.67:1

AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail

Black text · 5.72:1 · recommended

AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail

Reading the other direction: #009688 as text scores 3.67:1 on white and 5.72:1 on black.

Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #008074 at 1.32:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox

#008275 · 4.72:1

AA on white−4% L

#008275

The quick fox

#00635A · 7.16:1

AAA on white−10% L

#00635A

The quick fox

#009688 · 5.72:1

AA on blackalready passes

#009688

The quick fox

#00AA9A · 7.22:1

AAA on black+4% L

#00AA9A

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #009688 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

#009688 on white: 3.67:1

AA ✗ fail · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✗

#009688 on black: 5.72:1

AA ✓ pass · AA-large ✓ · AAA ✗

Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #009688 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #009688.

Neutral	Ratio	Verdict	Both directions
White#ffffff	3.67:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 50#f8fafc	3.51:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 100#f1f5f9	3.35:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 200#e2e8f0	2.98:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 300#cbd5e1	2.47:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 400#94a3b8	1.43:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 500#64748b	1.30:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 600#475569	2.06:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 700#334155	2.82:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 800#1e293b	3.98:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Slate 900#0f172a	4.86:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa
Black#000000	5.72:1	AAAA lgAAA	AaAa

Colour vision deficiency

true color

protanopia · #8E8C88

deuteranopia · #7D8089

tritanopia · #009992

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #009688 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

50 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800base 900 950

#F1FEFC

#E3FCFA

#C0FCF6

#8FFFF5

#57FFEF

#1FFFEA

#00F5DE

#00CCB9

#009688

#05766B

#034943

Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F1FEFCDarkest = 950 · #034943Text step on white = 900

Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950

oklch tokensclick to select

:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.027 183.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.043 183.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.064 183.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.084 183.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.099 183.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.107 183.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.107 183.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.101 183.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.090 183.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.075 183.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.059 183.4);
}

Colors that work with #009688

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000

Black wins here

Surface#F4FAFA

Tinted page background

Border#C0EDE8

Hairlines and dividers

Muted text#4B9B93

Captions on the surface

Accent#960033

Second voice, not a rival

Dark variant#008074

Hover, pressed, headers

Light variant#E5FFFD

Selected rows, tints

Dark surface#142423

Dark-mode background

Hover#007268

One step down in lightness

Pressed#004F47

Two steps down

Disabled#689E99

Chroma pulled out

Focus ring#00AA9A

Offset from the fill so it reads

Light mode

Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge

Dark mode

Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states

Save changesHoverPressedDisabled

OutlineSubtleLinkFocused

Form field

Work email

you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates

Notice

Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft

Data

Storage used68%

Acme LtdActive

NorthwindTrial

GlobexActive

How to use #009688

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for

✓Headings from 24px up on white
✓Text and icons on dark surfaces
✓Primary buttons and calls to action
✓Focus rings, active and selected states
✓Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
✓Brand accents, badges and data highlights

Use with care

⚠Small text on white — under 4.5:1
⚠Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
⚠Black text placed on it
⚠Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
⚠Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate

Minimum size as text on white

24px / 18.66px bold

Safe as a fill behind white type

No — use #008074

Safe as a 1px border on white

Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as

FormalityHigh
EnergyHigh
Weight71/100
TemperatureCool
ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Lighter#00DDC9 Darker#004F47 More saturated#009688 Less saturated#0D887D Warmer#009651 Cooler#006E96 Softer#1D988C Richer#00776C Hue −20°#009656 Hue −10°#00966F Hue +10°#008B96 Hue +20°#007296

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary	#96000E	Directly opposite — maximum tension
Analogous left	#00963D	Neighbour, quieter
Analogous right	#005996	Neighbour, quieter
Split-complement 1	#960059	Contrast without the clash
Split-complement 2	#963D00	Contrast without the clash
Triadic 1	#880096	Even thirds — balanced and loud
Triadic 2	#968800	Even thirds — balanced and loud
Tetradic	#3D0096	Fourth corner of the square scheme

On the wheel

#009688 sits at 174°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red0.0%

Green58.8%

Blue53.3%

R · 0–255

0x00

G · 0–255

150

0x96

B · 0–255

136

0x88

CMYK percentages

Cyan100.0%

Magenta0.0%

Yellow9.3%

Key (black)41.2%

Total ink coverage is 151%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#009688 text on a black background

contrast 5.72:1

Card sample

#009688 text on a white background

contrast 3.67:1

Card sample

#009688 on grey

3.35:1

#009688 on its own surface

3.48:1

#009688 on its dark surface

4.38:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #009688;

Background color

Panel with #009688 background

background-color: #009688;

Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #009688;

Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(0, 150, 136, 0.45);

Div box shadow

Elevated card

box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(0, 150, 136, 0.45);

Border & gradient

Gradient panel

border: 3px solid #009688;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #009688, #004096);

Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #009688, #001A96);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;

Focus ring

Focused control

outline: 2px solid #009688;
outline-offset: 3px;

Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #009688;
caret-color: #009688;

Left rule

Pull quote or callout

border-left: 4px solid #009688;

Ring + tint

Selected chip

background: #E5FFFD;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #009688;

Conic badge

68%

background: conic-gradient(#009688 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #009688 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

5%10%15%20%30%40%50%60%75%90%100%

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select

rgba(0, 150, 136, 0.5)
rgb(0 150 136 / 50%)
#00968880
hsl(174 100% 29% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #009688 50%, transparent)

Alpha	8-digit hex	Flat on white
10%	#0096881a	#E6F5F3
20%	#00968833	#CCEAE7
40%	#00968866	#99D5CF
60%	#00968899	#66C0B8
80%	#009688cc	#33ABA0

Gradients from #009688

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation

Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #00D3BF, #009688 45%, #008074);

Duotone

A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill

background: linear-gradient(120deg, #009688, #002977);

Complement sweep

Loud — keep it behind large type only

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #009688, #96000E);

Spotlight

Hero panels and app headers

background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #00F2DB 0%, #009688 45%, #008074 100%);

Soft wash

Section backgrounds that stay readable

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAFA, #ffffff);

Mesh

Ambient background, no image weight

background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #00C941 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #005CB5 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #008074 0%, transparent 65%), #009688;

Monochromatic scale

#003D37 #008578 #00CCB9 #14FFE9 #5CFFF0 #A3FFF6 #D6FFFB

Palettes built from #009688

UI palette

Gradient stops

Accent trio

Warm–cool bridge

Data series

Status set

Neutral companions

Shades — darker

#00877A #00786D #00695F #005A52 #004B44 #003C36 #002D29 #001E1B #000F0E

Tints — lighter

#00BAA9 #00DEC9 #03FFE7 #27FFEB #4BFFEE #6FFFF2 #93FFF5 #B7FFF8 #DBFFFC

Tones — desaturated

#078E82 #0F877C #167F76 #1E7870 #257069 #2D6963 #34615D #3C5A57 #435251

Color harmonies

Complement

Split-complement

Analogous

Triadic

Tetradic

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

Dark Cyan#008b8bΔE00 6.5 · ΔE76 9.8 Light Sea Green#20b2aaΔE00 9.2 · ΔE76 11 Teal#008080ΔE00 9.3 · ΔE76 12.5 Cadet Blue#5f9ea0ΔE00 10.4 · ΔE76 18.6 Sea Green#2e8b57ΔE00 13.3 · ΔE76 22.8 Medium Sea Green#3cb371ΔE00 16.5 · ΔE76 30.4

Closest CSS keywordDark Cyan · ΔE 6.5 Closest darker nameDark Green · ΔE 28.1 Closest lighter nameLight Sea Green · ΔE 9.2

Nearest Tailwind familyteal-500 · #14b8a6 · ΔE 10.3 Nearest web-safe colour#009999 · ΔE 5.6

#009688 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries

TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia

Common UI roles

ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts

Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.72:1.

Brand examples for material teal 500 are listed above — each one links through to its own page.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

Material Teal 500, answered

What is the Material teal-500 hex code?

Google Material Design teal-500 is #009688 \u2014 a deep blue-green.

Why is teal associated with Material Design?

When Google launched Material Design in 2014, teal-500 was its most iconic default accent \u2014 so widely used it became visual shorthand for early-Material Android apps.

What is a Material color scale?

Material assigns each hue numbered steps (50\u2013900) with defined roles; \u201c500\u201d is the primary base tone \u2014 color as a documented, systematic design vocabulary.

What color is #009688?

#009688 is a dark electric cyan, closest to Dark Cyan (ΔE2000 6.5). It sits at 174° on the hue wheel with 100% saturation and 29% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #009688?

rgb(0, 150, 136) — 0 red, 150 green and 136 blue out of 255, or 0% / 58.8% / 53.3% by channel.

What is #009688 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(174, 100%, 29%) and hsv(174, 100%, 59%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #009688 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2359 and perceived brightness is 49%, so black text on it reaches 5.72:1.

Should I use black or white text on #009688?

Black. It scores 5.72:1 against #009688, versus 3.67:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #009688 accessible on a white background?

#009688 on white scores 3.67:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #008275 to reach 4.5:1, or #00635A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #009688?

#96000E sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #960059 and #963D00, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #009688?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EDE8 for borders, #4B9B93 for secondary text, #960033 as an accent and #008074 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #00963D and #005996 stays calm, while #96000E is the loudest partner.

What is #009688 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(100%, 0%, 9%, 41%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #009688 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 85 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #009651; nudged cooler, #006E96.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #009688?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 10.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #009688 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #009688 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#009688] or text-[#009688], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #009688 with 50% opacity?

rgba(0, 150, 136, 0.5), or #00968880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #80CBC4; over black, #004B44.

Is #009688 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #009999, ΔE2000 5.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #009688 mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #009688?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #00D3BF, #009688 45%, #008074). For more colour, a short hue run to #002977 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #009688 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Contrast Checker →Palette Generator →Palette Pro →Scale Generator →CSS Code Generator →Color Blind Simulator →Accessibility Checker →Color Distance →Gradient Generator →Image Color Picker →

Every value on this page is computed from #009688 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.