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#2CA79D

#2ca79d ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#2ca79d is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 65.49% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.65% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.99% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 175.12°, with 58.29% saturation and 41.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.35.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3061

Complementary

  1. #2ca79d
  2. #a72c36

Split complementary

  1. #2ca79d
  2. #a72c73
  3. #a75f2c

Analogous

  1. #2ca75f
  2. #2ca79d
  3. #2c73a7

Triadic

  1. #2ca79d
  2. #9d2ca7
  3. #a79d2c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca79d
  2. #2c36a7
  3. #a72c36
  4. #a79d2c

Square

  1. #2ca79d
  2. #5f2ca7
  3. #a72c36
  4. #73a72c

Monochromatic

  1. #0c2e2b
  2. #1c6a64
  3. #2ca79d
  4. #4fd1c6
  5. #8be1da

Shades

#2ca79d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca79d
  2. #28968d
  3. #23867e
  4. #1f756e
  5. #1a645e
  6. #16544f
  7. #12433f
  8. #0d322f
  9. #09211f
  10. #041110
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca79d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca79d
  2. #41b0a7
  3. #56b9b1
  4. #6bc1ba
  5. #80cac4
  6. #96d3ce
  7. #abdcd8
  8. #c0e5e2
  9. #d5edeb
  10. #eaf6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca79d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca79d
  2. #34a39a
  3. #3d9f97
  4. #459b94
  5. #4e9791
  6. #56948f
  7. #5e908c
  8. #678c89
  9. #6f8886
  10. #788483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #969696 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7a9d99 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9e9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d919e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a19d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #729a9e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00a9a1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca79d {
  color: #2ca79d;
}
Background
.bg-2ca79d {
  background-color: #2ca79d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca79d {
  border: 2px solid #2ca79d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca79d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 167 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 58% 41%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca79d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca79d, #2c73a7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca79d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 167 157 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.35 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 3.56 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.42 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.84 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.00 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.61 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 9.91 #d35862 Inverted #969696 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#2ca79d  rgb(44, 167, 157)  hsl(175, 58%, 41%)  Light Sea Green
#a72c36  rgb(167, 44, 54)  hsl(355, 58%, 41%)  Brown
#9d2ca7  rgb(157, 44, 167)  hsl(295, 58%, 41%)  Dark Orchid
#a79d2c  rgb(167, 157, 44)  hsl(55, 58%, 41%)  Brass