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#43A79F

#43a79f ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#43a79f is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 26.27% red, 65.49% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 59.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.79% yellow and 34.51% black. Its hue angle is 175.2°, with 42.74% saturation and 45.88% 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 7.27:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.72.

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Relative luminance0.3133

Complementary

  1. #43a79f
  2. #a7434b

Split complementary

  1. #43a79f
  2. #a7437d
  3. #a76d43

Analogous

  1. #43a76d
  2. #43a79f
  3. #437da7

Triadic

  1. #43a79f
  2. #9f43a7
  3. #a79f43

Tetradic

  1. #43a79f
  2. #434ba7
  3. #a7434b
  4. #a79f43

Square

  1. #43a79f
  2. #6d43a7
  3. #a7434b
  4. #7da743

Monochromatic

  1. #173a37
  2. #2d706b
  3. #43a79f
  4. #71c6bf
  5. #a7dcd8

Shades

#43a79f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #43a79f
  2. #3c968f
  3. #36867f
  4. #2f756f
  5. #28645f
  6. #225450
  7. #1b4340
  8. #143230
  9. #0d2120
  10. #071110
  11. #000000

Tints

#43a79f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #43a79f
  2. #56b0a9
  3. #69b9b2
  4. #7bc1bc
  5. #8ecac5
  6. #a1d3cf
  7. #b4dcd9
  8. #c7e5e2
  9. #d9edec
  10. #ecf6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#43a79f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #43a79f
  2. #49a39c
  3. #4f9f99
  4. #559b96
  5. #5b9793
  6. #629490
  7. #68908c
  8. #6e8c89
  9. #748886
  10. #7a8483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7f9e9b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9f9f ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8f93a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00aba4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84a29f ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #789ba0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #19a9a2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-43a79f {
  color: #43a79f;
}
Background
.bg-43a79f {
  background-color: #43a79f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-43a79f {
  border: 2px solid #43a79f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #43a79f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 67 167 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 43% 46%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-43a79f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #43a79f, #437da7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-43a79f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(67 167 159 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.72 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.73 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.05 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.95 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.49 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.47 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 10.11 #bc5860 Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#43a79f  rgb(67, 167, 159)  hsl(175, 43%, 46%)  Light Sea Green
#a7434b  rgb(167, 67, 75)  hsl(355, 43%, 46%)  Cordovan
#9f43a7  rgb(159, 67, 167)  hsl(295, 43%, 46%)  Purpureus
#a79f43  rgb(167, 159, 67)  hsl(55, 43%, 46%)  Brass