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Holographic Mauritius

#1cd69e
Notes

Holographic Mauritius (#1CD69E) is a true teal with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (162°, 77%, 47%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary red. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#1cd69e
RGB
rgb(28, 214, 158)
HSL
hsl(162, 77%, 47%)
HWB
hwb(162 11% 16%)
OKLCH
oklch(77.8% 0.159 165.4)
HSV
hsv(162, 87%, 84%)
LAB
lab(76.56% -55.93 15.72)
LCH
lch(76.56% 58.10 164.30)
CMYK
cmyk(87%, 0%, 26%, 16%)

Etymology

Holographic
adjective

Greek hólos (whole) and graphé (writing) — adjectival suffix -ic. As a color modifier, holographic implies a saturated-and-multi-angle-shifting quality, the bright color of holographic-credit-card and trading-card dichroic-film 3D-image-reflection. Sits at the bright-and-shifting end of the grid, parallel to iridescent and prismatic in usage.

Mauritius
noun

The Indian Ocean island east of Madagascar — and the saturated turquoise of Mauritian lagoon water at Le Morne and Tamarin Bay. Mauritius color refers to a Mauritian lagoon at midday: a saturated, slightly cool deep blue-green with the optical clarity of warm Indian Ocean water.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#1cd69e
Original
#d1c69b
Protanopia
#bcb7a2
Deuteranopia
#00d6c7
Tritanopia
#aaaaaa
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.88:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
11.16:1

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