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#79A59A

#79a59a ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#79a59a is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 64.71% green and 60.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.67% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.67% yellow and 35.29% black. Its hue angle is 165°, with 19.64% saturation and 56.08% 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 7.66:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 6.74.

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Relative luminance0.3331

Complementary

  1. #79a59a
  2. #a57984

Split complementary

  1. #79a59a
  2. #a5799a
  3. #a58479

Analogous

  1. #79a584
  2. #79a59a
  3. #799aa5

Triadic

  1. #79a59a
  2. #9a79a5
  3. #a59a79

Tetradic

  1. #79a59a
  2. #7984a5
  3. #a57984
  4. #a59a79

Square

  1. #79a59a
  2. #8479a5
  3. #a57984
  4. #9aa579

Monochromatic

  1. #355049
  2. #547d73
  3. #79a59a
  4. #a7c4bc
  5. #d5e2df

Shades

#79a59a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79a59a
  2. #6d958b
  3. #61847b
  4. #55746c
  5. #49635c
  6. #3d534d
  7. #30423e
  8. #24322e
  9. #18211f
  10. #0c110f
  11. #000000

Tints

#79a59a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79a59a
  2. #86aea4
  3. #94b7ae
  4. #a1c0b8
  5. #afc9c2
  6. #bcd2cd
  7. #c9dbd7
  8. #d7e4e1
  9. #e4edeb
  10. #f2f6f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79a59a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79a59a
  2. #7aa197
  3. #7a9e95
  4. #7b9a92
  5. #7c9690
  6. #7d938d
  7. #7d8f8a
  8. #7e8b88
  9. #7f8785
  10. #7f8483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.66:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9c9c9c ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fa09b ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a2a09a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #999a9b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6da6a2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #93a29a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8e9e9a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #72a69f ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79a59a {
  color: #79a59a;
}
Background
.bg-79a59a {
  background-color: #79a59a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79a59a {
  border: 2px solid #79a59a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79a59a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 165 154;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 20% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79a59a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79a59a, #799aa5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79a59a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 165 154 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.74 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.22 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 10.43 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.71 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.86 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.47 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 11.79 #865a65 Inverted #9c9c9c Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#79a59a  rgb(121, 165, 154)  hsl(165, 20%, 56%)  Cadet Blue
#a57984  rgb(165, 121, 132)  hsl(345, 20%, 56%)  Mountbatten Pink
#9a79a5  rgb(154, 121, 165)  hsl(285, 20%, 56%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#a59a79  rgb(165, 154, 121)  hsl(45, 20%, 56%)  Ecru