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#73AE8E

#73ae8e ≈ Dark Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#73ae8e is a color from the green family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 45.1% red, 68.24% green and 55.69% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.91% cyan, 0% magenta, 18.39% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 147.46°, with 26.7% saturation and 56.67% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with nature, health and balance. Designers typically use it for eco-friendly brands, health and wellness and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f), ΔE 6.62.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.3587

Complementary

  1. #73ae8e
  2. #ae7393

Split complementary

  1. #73ae8e
  2. #ac73ae
  3. #ae7376

Analogous

  1. #76ae73
  2. #73ae8e
  3. #73aeac

Triadic

  1. #73ae8e
  2. #8e73ae
  3. #ae8e73

Tetradic

  1. #73ae8e
  2. #7393ae
  3. #ae7393
  4. #ae8e73

Square

  1. #73ae8e
  2. #7376ae
  3. #ae7393
  4. #aeac73

Monochromatic

  1. #325642
  2. #4e8768
  3. #73ae8e
  4. #a3cab5
  5. #d4e6dc

Shades

#73ae8e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #73ae8e
  2. #689d80
  3. #5c8b72
  4. #517a63
  5. #456855
  6. #3a5747
  7. #2e4639
  8. #23342b
  9. #17231c
  10. #0c110e
  11. #000000

Tints

#73ae8e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #73ae8e
  2. #81b699
  3. #8fbea5
  4. #9dc6b0
  5. #abcebb
  6. #b9d7c7
  7. #c7dfd2
  8. #d5e7dd
  9. #e3efe8
  10. #f1f7f4
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#73ae8e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #73ae8e
  2. #74a98d
  3. #76a58b
  4. #77a08a
  5. #789c88
  6. #7a9787
  7. #7b9286
  8. #7c8e84
  9. #7d8983
  10. #7f8581
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91a79a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ada68c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a39f90 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #67ada5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a98d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92a58f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6cae9c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-73ae8e {
  color: #73ae8e;
}
Background
.bg-73ae8e {
  background-color: #73ae8e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-73ae8e {
  border: 2px solid #73ae8e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #73ae8e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 115 174 142;
  --color-primary-hsl: 147 27% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-73ae8e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #73ae8e, #73aeac);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-73ae8e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(115 174 142 / 0.35);
}

#8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 6.62 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.69 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 7.70 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 9.02 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 9.30 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 10.25 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.56 #8c5171 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Dark Sea Green
#73ae8e  rgb(115, 174, 142)  hsl(147, 27%, 57%)  Dark Sea Green
#ae7393  rgb(174, 115, 147)  hsl(327, 27%, 57%)  Turkish Rose
#8e73ae  rgb(142, 115, 174)  hsl(267, 27%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#ae8e73  rgb(174, 142, 115)  hsl(27, 27%, 57%)  Beaver