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#79A29A

#79a29a ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#79a29a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 63.53% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.31% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.94% yellow and 36.47% black. Its hue angle is 168.29°, with 18.06% saturation and 55.49% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.45:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 5.88.

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Relative luminance0.3224

Complementary

  1. #79a29a
  2. #a27981

Split complementary

  1. #79a29a
  2. #a27996
  3. #a28579

Analogous

  1. #79a285
  2. #79a29a
  3. #7996a2

Triadic

  1. #79a29a
  2. #9a79a2
  3. #a29a79

Tetradic

  1. #79a29a
  2. #7981a2
  3. #a27981
  4. #a29a79

Square

  1. #79a29a
  2. #8579a2
  3. #a27981
  4. #96a279

Monochromatic

  1. #354d48
  2. #557a73
  3. #79a29a
  4. #a6c1bc
  5. #d3e1de

Shades

#79a29a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79a29a
  2. #6d928b
  3. #61827b
  4. #55716c
  5. #49615c
  6. #3d514d
  7. #30413e
  8. #24312e
  9. #18201f
  10. #0c100f
  11. #000000

Tints

#79a29a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79a29a
  2. #86aba4
  3. #94b5ae
  4. #a1beb8
  5. #afc7c2
  6. #bcd1cd
  7. #c9dad7
  8. #d7e3e1
  9. #e4eceb
  10. #f2f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79a29a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79a29a
  2. #7a9f97
  3. #7a9b95
  4. #7b9892
  5. #7c9490
  6. #7d918d
  7. #7d8e8a
  8. #7e8a88
  9. #7f8785
  10. #7f8383
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.82:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.45:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8e9d9a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9d9a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #97989b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ea49f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #919f9a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8c9c9a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #72a39d ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79a29a {
  color: #79a29a;
}
Background
.bg-79a29a {
  background-color: #79a29a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79a29a {
  border: 2px solid #79a29a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79a29a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 162 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 168 18% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79a29a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79a29a, #7996a2);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79a29a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 162 154 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 5.88 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.75 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 10.72 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.93 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 11.01 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 11.58 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 12.33 #865d65 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#79a29a  rgb(121, 162, 154)  hsl(168, 18%, 55%)  Cadet Blue
#a27981  rgb(162, 121, 129)  hsl(348, 18%, 55%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9a79a2  rgb(154, 121, 162)  hsl(288, 18%, 55%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a29a79  rgb(162, 154, 121)  hsl(48, 18%, 55%)  Ecru