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#79BA8A

#79ba8a ≈ Dark Sea Green

  • green
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#79ba8a is a color from the green family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 72.94% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.95% cyan, 0% magenta, 25.81% yellow and 27.06% black. Its hue angle is 135.69°, with 32.02% saturation and 60.2% 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 9.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8fbc8f), ΔE 3.72.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4102

Complementary

  1. #79ba8a
  2. #ba79a9

Split complementary

  1. #79ba8a
  2. #ab79ba
  3. #ba7989

Analogous

  1. #89ba79
  2. #79ba8a
  3. #79baab

Triadic

  1. #79ba8a
  2. #8a79ba
  3. #ba8a79

Tetradic

  1. #79ba8a
  2. #79a9ba
  3. #ba79a9
  4. #ba8a79

Square

  1. #79ba8a
  2. #7989ba
  3. #ba79a9
  4. #baab79

Monochromatic

  1. #346641
  2. #4e9862
  3. #79ba8a
  4. #acd4b6
  5. #deeee2

Shades

#79ba8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79ba8a
  2. #6da77c
  3. #61956e
  4. #558261
  5. #497053
  6. #3d5d45
  7. #304a37
  8. #243829
  9. #18251c
  10. #0c130e
  11. #000000

Tints

#79ba8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79ba8a
  2. #86c196
  3. #94c8a1
  4. #a1cfad
  5. #afd6b9
  6. #bcddc5
  7. #c9e3d0
  8. #d7eadc
  9. #e4f1e8
  10. #f2f8f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79ba8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79ba8a
  2. #7ab489
  3. #7aae88
  4. #7ba987
  5. #7ca386
  6. #7d9d85
  7. #7d9784
  8. #7e9183
  9. #7f8c82
  10. #7f8681
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.28:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #acacac ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9ab29f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bab087 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0a98d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6eb8ad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b488 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9db08c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #73b9a0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79ba8a {
  color: #79ba8a;
}
Background
.bg-79ba8a {
  background-color: #79ba8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79ba8a {
  border: 2px solid #79ba8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79ba8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 186 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 136 32% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79ba8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79ba8a, #79baab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79ba8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 186 138 / 0.35);
}

#8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 3.72 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.13 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 7.32 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 7.76 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 8.01 #87a96b Asparagus ΔE 8.41 #74c365 Mantis ΔE 8.95 #864575 Inverted #acacac Grayscale 

Dark Sea Green
#79ba8a  rgb(121, 186, 138)  hsl(136, 32%, 60%)  Dark Sea Green
#ba79a9  rgb(186, 121, 169)  hsl(316, 32%, 60%)  Sky Magenta
#8a79ba  rgb(138, 121, 186)  hsl(256, 32%, 60%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#ba8a79  rgb(186, 138, 121)  hsl(16, 32%, 60%)  Beaver