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#79AEA2

#79aea2 ≈ Verdigris

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#79aea2 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 68.24% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 30.46% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.9% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 166.42°, with 24.65% saturation and 57.84% 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 8.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Verdigris (#43b3ae), ΔE 7.51.

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Relative luminance0.3695

Complementary

  1. #79aea2
  2. #ae7985

Split complementary

  1. #79aea2
  2. #ae799f
  3. #ae8779

Analogous

  1. #79ae87
  2. #79aea2
  3. #799fae

Triadic

  1. #79aea2
  2. #a279ae
  3. #aea279

Tetradic

  1. #79aea2
  2. #7985ae
  3. #ae7985
  4. #aea279

Square

  1. #79aea2
  2. #8779ae
  3. #ae7985
  4. #9fae79

Monochromatic

  1. #355851
  2. #52887c
  3. #79aea2
  4. #a9cbc3
  5. #d8e8e4

Shades

#79aea2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79aea2
  2. #6d9d92
  3. #618b82
  4. #557a71
  5. #496861
  6. #3d5751
  7. #304641
  8. #243431
  9. #182320
  10. #0c1110
  11. #000000

Tints

#79aea2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79aea2
  2. #86b6ab
  3. #94beb5
  4. #a1c6be
  5. #afcec7
  6. #bcd7d1
  7. #c9dfda
  8. #d7e7e3
  9. #e4efec
  10. #f2f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79aea2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79aea2
  2. #7aa99f
  3. #7aa59b
  4. #7ba098
  5. #7c9c94
  6. #7d9791
  7. #7d928e
  8. #7e8e8a
  9. #7f8987
  10. #7f8583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.5:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a4a4a4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94a8a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #aaa8a2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a1a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ab0aa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #99aaa2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92a6a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #70afa7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79aea2 {
  color: #79aea2;
}
Background
.bg-79aea2 {
  background-color: #79aea2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79aea2 {
  border: 2px solid #79aea2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79aea2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 174 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 166 25% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79aea2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79aea2, #799fae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79aea2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 174 162 / 0.35);
}

#43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.51 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.74 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.89 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.90 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.91 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.23 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 11.07 #86515d Inverted #a4a4a4 Grayscale 

Verdigris
#79aea2  rgb(121, 174, 162)  hsl(166, 25%, 58%)  Verdigris
#ae7985  rgb(174, 121, 133)  hsl(346, 25%, 58%)  Turkish Rose
#a279ae  rgb(162, 121, 174)  hsl(286, 25%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#aea279  rgb(174, 162, 121)  hsl(46, 25%, 58%)  Ecru