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#79AA85

#79aa85 ≈ Dark Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#79aa85 is a color from the green family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 66.67% green and 52.16% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.82% cyan, 0% magenta, 21.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 134.69°, with 22.37% saturation and 57.06% 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 7.9:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f), ΔE 5.79.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.3451

Complementary

  1. #79aa85
  2. #aa799e

Split complementary

  1. #79aa85
  2. #9d79aa
  3. #aa7986

Analogous

  1. #86aa79
  2. #79aa85
  3. #79aa9d

Triadic

  1. #79aa85
  2. #8579aa
  3. #aa8579

Tetradic

  1. #79aa85
  2. #799eaa
  3. #aa799e
  4. #aa8579

Square

  1. #79aa85
  2. #7986aa
  3. #aa799e
  4. #aa9d79

Monochromatic

  1. #36543d
  2. #53835f
  3. #79aa85
  4. #a8c8b0
  5. #d7e5da

Shades

#79aa85 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79aa85
  2. #6d9978
  3. #61886a
  4. #55775d
  5. #496650
  6. #3d5543
  7. #304435
  8. #243328
  9. #18221b
  10. #0c110d
  11. #000000

Tints

#79aa85 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79aa85
  2. #86b391
  3. #94bb9d
  4. #a1c4aa
  5. #afccb6
  6. #bcd5c2
  7. #c9ddce
  8. #d7e6da
  9. #e4eee7
  10. #f2f7f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79aa85 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79aa85
  2. #7aa685
  3. #7aa284
  4. #7b9d84
  5. #7c9983
  6. #7d9583
  7. #7d9182
  8. #7e8d82
  9. #7f8881
  10. #7f8481
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.9:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #91a395 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaa283 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a29d87 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72a8a0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99a584 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #94a286 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #75a996 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79aa85 {
  color: #79aa85;
}
Background
.bg-79aa85 {
  background-color: #79aa85;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79aa85 {
  border: 2px solid #79aa85;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79aa85;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 170 133;
  --color-primary-hsl: 135 22% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79aa85 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79aa85, #79aa9d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79aa85 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 170 133 / 0.35);
}

#8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 5.79 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 7.76 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.27 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 9.31 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.35 #9ab973 Olivine ΔE 10.68 #00a86b Jade ΔE 10.79 #86557a Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Dark Sea Green
#79aa85  rgb(121, 170, 133)  hsl(135, 22%, 57%)  Dark Sea Green
#aa799e  rgb(170, 121, 158)  hsl(315, 22%, 57%)  Mountbatten Pink
#8579aa  rgb(133, 121, 170)  hsl(255, 22%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#aa8579  rgb(170, 133, 121)  hsl(15, 22%, 57%)  Beaver