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#79B39F

#79b39f ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#79b39f is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 70.2% green and 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 32.4% cyan, 0% magenta, 11.17% yellow and 29.8% black. Its hue angle is 159.31°, with 27.62% saturation and 58.82% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is 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 8.76:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 8.47.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.3881

Complementary

  1. #79b39f
  2. #b3798d

Split complementary

  1. #79b39f
  2. #b379aa
  3. #b38279

Analogous

  1. #79b382
  2. #79b39f
  3. #79aab3

Triadic

  1. #79b39f
  2. #9f79b3
  3. #b39f79

Tetradic

  1. #79b39f
  2. #798db3
  3. #b3798d
  4. #b39f79

Square

  1. #79b39f
  2. #8279b3
  3. #b3798d
  4. #aab379

Monochromatic

  1. #355e50
  2. #518f79
  3. #79b39f
  4. #aacfc2
  5. #dbeae5

Shades

#79b39f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79b39f
  2. #6da18f
  3. #618f7f
  4. #557d6f
  5. #496b5f
  6. #3d5a50
  7. #304840
  8. #243630
  9. #182420
  10. #0c1210
  11. #000000

Tints

#79b39f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79b39f
  2. #86bba9
  3. #94c2b2
  4. #a1cabc
  5. #afd1c5
  6. #bcd9cf
  7. #c9e1d9
  8. #d7e8e2
  9. #e4f0ec
  10. #f2f7f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79b39f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79b39f
  2. #7aae9c
  3. #7aa999
  4. #7ba496
  5. #7c9f93
  6. #7d9a90
  7. #7d948c
  8. #7e8f89
  9. #7f8a86
  10. #7f8583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.4:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.76:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a7a7a7 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97aca4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0ac9e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a6a4a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6ab4ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9daf9e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96aaa0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #70b4a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79b39f {
  color: #79b39f;
}
Background
.bg-79b39f {
  background-color: #79b39f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79b39f {
  border: 2px solid #79b39f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79b39f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 179 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 28% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79b39f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79b39f, #79aab3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79b39f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 179 159 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.47 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.70 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 8.83 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.90 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.40 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.59 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.12 #864c60 Inverted #a7a7a7 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#79b39f  rgb(121, 179, 159)  hsl(159, 28%, 59%)  Medium Aquamarine
#b3798d  rgb(179, 121, 141)  hsl(339, 28%, 59%)  Turkish Rose
#9f79b3  rgb(159, 121, 179)  hsl(279, 28%, 59%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#b39f79  rgb(179, 159, 121)  hsl(39, 28%, 59%)  Camel