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Verdigris Color Codes

Verdigris is a mid-tone, muted teal with the hex code #43B3AE, RGB values of 67, 179, 174 and an HSL value of hsl(177, 46%, 48%).

HEX#43B3AE
RGB67, 179, 174
HSLhsl(177, 46%, 48%)
HSV177°, 63%, 70%
CMYK63%, 0%, 3%, 30%
LAB66.89, -32.41, -6.84
CIELCHuv66.89, 44.72, 186.86°
Nearest Pantone
PMS 326 C ΔE 6.9 · approximate
Nearest CSS name
lightseagreen ΔE 5.2

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Verdigris Color Hex Code

The Verdigris color hex code is #43B3AE. Those six digits are three pairs, 43 for red, B3 for green and AE for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.

#43B3AE

Verdigris Color RGB Code

The Verdigris RGB code is rgb(67, 179, 174). Green carries the most light at 179 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.

rgb(67, 179, 174)

Verdigris Color HSV Code

The Verdigris HSV code is 177°, 63%, 70%. Read it as a hue of 177 degrees, 63% saturation and 70% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.

177°, 63%, 70%

Verdigris Color CIELChuv Code

The Verdigris CIELCHuv code is 66.89, 44.72, 186.86°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 67 means light to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 45 is how far it sits from grey.

66.89, 44.72, 186.86°

Tonal scale

What are Verdigris Color Palettes?

A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.

Shades, toward black

Tints, toward white

Tones, toward grey

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Palettes

What are Verdigris Color Palette Codes?

Each of these is a hue rotation from #43B3AE. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.

Complementary

Rotate a half turn and you land on #B34348, a dark, muted red. Maximum hue distance, which is what makes a complement read as emphasis rather than decoration. Neither is especially saturated, so this pairing stays calm enough for large areas of both.

Analogous

Step 30 degrees in each direction and you get #43B376 and #4380B3. Neighbouring hues hold together without effort, which is what makes analogous sets the safe choice for large areas.

Triadic

#AE43B3 and #B3AE43 complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.

Split-complementary

Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #B34380 and #B37643. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #B34348, and #7643B3 with #80B343. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat this base as the lead and hold the other three well back.

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Accessibility

Contrast checker: is Verdigris accessible?

Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.

White background

2.53:1

2.53

contrast ratio on white background

ElementAAAAA
Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 Fails Fails
Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 Fails Fails
UI component needs 3:1 Fails n/a

Black background

8.30:1

8.30

contrast ratio on black background

ElementAAAAA
Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 Passes Passes
Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 Passes Passes
UI component needs 3:1 Passes n/a

At 2.53:1 against white, Verdigris is a fill color rather than a text color. Use it for surfaces, borders and large display type, and set the copy in ink. Text placed on it should be black, which gives 8.30:1.

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Color vision

How Verdigris looks with color blindness

Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.

Protanopia

About 1% of men
actual

#8384AF

Verdigris changes substantially here. ΔE 45.8

No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.

Deuteranopia

About 1% of men
actual

#7D74B0

Verdigris changes substantially here. ΔE 57.0

No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.

Tritanopia

About 1 in 10,000
actual

#4EB0B0

Verdigris shifts slightly here. ΔE 4.5

No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.

Achromatopsia

About 1 in 30,000
actual

#A3A3A3

Verdigris changes substantially here. ΔE 33.1

No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.

To a deuteranope, the most common form, Verdigris reads as #7D74B0. That is a shift of ΔE 57.0, so it is a different color to roughly one man in sixteen. The widest shift is under deuteranopia, at ΔE 57.0. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.

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Snippets

Using Verdigris in code

:root {
  --verdigris: #43B3AE;
}

.example {
  color: var(--verdigris);
}