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Verdigris

Verdigris color #43B3AE: RGB 67, 179, 174 and HSL 177°, 46%, 48%. Explore its cool cyan profile, contrast, CSS, palettes and harmonies.

#43B3AE cyan cool balanced
HEX #43B3AE
RGB rgb(67, 179, 174)
HSL hsl(177 46% 48%)
CMYK cmyk(63, 0, 3, 30)
Luminance 0.3649
Contrast Black 8.3:1White 2.53:1

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CSS Utilities

--color-verdigris: #43B3AE;
.bg-verdigris { background-color: #43B3AE; }
.text-verdigris { color: #43B3AE; }
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Color history, meaning and use · Editorially reviewed

About Verdigris Color

Verdigris can describe blue-green copper corrosion products and a historic family of copper-based pigments. Artists manufactured an intense green by exposing copper to vinegar vapor, scraping the resulting material, and combining it with binders. Sources repeatedly warn that some verdigris and copper-resinate paint layers can darken or turn brown with age.

As a digital color, Verdigris evokes weathered metal and historic green glaze without reproducing either chemistry or surface variation. It pairs naturally with copper, stone, and warm off-white. For conservation, appearance alone is insufficient: different copper compounds can produce different greens, and a bright powdery corrosion product may signal a condition requiring professional assessment.

This page is a color reference, not a pigment identification, corrosion diagnosis, treatment instruction, or safety recommendation.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Verdigris against black and white text.

Black text8.3:1AA Pass
White text2.53:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
AAA text options#000000
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Downloadable color reference infographic

Verdigris Color Reference Infographic

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Verdigris color reference infographic showing #43B3AE, RGB and HSL values, a coordinated palette, and black and white text contrast.
Verdigris color reference infographic generated from the verified Colors Encyclopedia dataset.
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Color Harmonies

#B34248#B34248#42B375#42B375#4280B3#4280B3#AD42B3#AD42B3#B3AD42#B3AD42
Open full Verdigris harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#80D0CC#80D0CC#29706C#29706C#27CEC5#27CEC5#5D9895#5D9895#A5CFCD#A5CFCD#1FFFF4#1FFFF4

Pairings

Black#000000#B34248#B34248#42B375#42B375#4280B3#4280B3Matte Black#1A1A1AWhite Smoke#F5F5F5

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3649
Black text8.3:1AA Pass
White text2.53:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
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Structured sections
Color systems
{
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    179,
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  ],
  "hsl": [
    177,
    46,
    48
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    0,
    3,
    30
  ],
  "luminance": 0.3649,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 8.3,
    "white": 2.53
  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
  "complementary": "#B34248",
  "analogous": [
    "#42B375",
    "#4280B3"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#AD42B3",
    "#B3AD42"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#7542B3",
    "#B34248",
    "#80B342"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#B34280",
    "#B37542"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#80D0CC",
    "#43B3AE",
    "#29706C"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#80D0CC",
  "dark": "#29706C",
  "saturated": "#27CEC5",
  "desaturated": "#5D9895",
  "pastel": "#A5CFCD",
  "neon": "#1FFFF4"
}
Pairings
{
  "best": [
    "#000000",
    "#B34248",
    "#42B375",
    "#4280B3"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#5D9895",
    "#80D0CC"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#80D0CC",
    "#5D9895"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
{
  "nearestColors": [
    "light-sea-green",
    "cadet-blue",
    "medium-turquoise",
    "medium-aquamarine",
    "steel-blue"
  ],
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  ],
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    "medium-aquamarine-vs-verdigris",
    "verdigris-vs-cadet-blue"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
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    "/colors/by-temperature/cool",
    "/colors/by-tone/balanced"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/verdigris",
    "/wcag/verdigris",
    "/css/colors/verdigris",
    "/hex/43b3ae",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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    ],
    "narrower": [
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    "related": [
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      "/hex/43b3ae",
      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "name": "Verdigris",
  "hex": "#43B3AE",
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  ],
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    ],
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  "aliases": [],
  "sourceType": "curated",
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  "origin": {
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  },
  "family": "cyan",
  "temperature": "cool",
  "tone": [
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  ],
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  "popularity": 80,
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  "hsl": [
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    46,
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  ],
  "cmyk": [
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  ],
  "luminance": 0.3649,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 8.3,
    "white": 2.53
  },
  "harmonies": {
    "complementary": "#B34248",
    "analogous": [
      "#42B375",
      "#4280B3"
    ],
    "triadic": [
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      "#B3AD42"
    ],
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      "#7542B3",
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      "#80B342"
    ],
    "splitComplementary": [
      "#B34280",
      "#B37542"
    ],
    "monochromatic": [
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    "saturated": "#27CEC5",
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    "pastel": "#A5CFCD",
    "neon": "#1FFFF4"
  },
  "wcag": {
    "AA": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "AAA": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  "css": {
    "variable": "--color-verdigris: #43B3AE;",
    "utility": ".bg-verdigris { background-color: #43B3AE; }",
    "textUtility": ".text-verdigris { color: #43B3AE; }"
  },
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  ],
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    "/colors/by-tone/balanced"
  ],
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    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
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      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  },
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      "#000000",
      "#B34248",
      "#42B375",
      "#4280B3"
    ],
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      "#5D9895",
      "#80D0CC"
    ],
    "neutral": [
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
    ],
    "highContrast": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "lowContrast": [
      "#80D0CC",
      "#5D9895"
    ]
  }
}
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