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#79BCAA

#79bcaa ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#79bcaa is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 73.73% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.64% cyan, 0% magenta, 9.57% yellow and 26.27% black. Its hue angle is 163.88°, with 33.33% saturation and 60.59% 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 9.59:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 6.91.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4293

Complementary

  1. #79bcaa
  2. #bc798b

Split complementary

  1. #79bcaa
  2. #bc79ad
  3. #bc8979

Analogous

  1. #79bc89
  2. #79bcaa
  3. #79adbc

Triadic

  1. #79bcaa
  2. #aa79bc
  3. #bcaa79

Tetradic

  1. #79bcaa
  2. #798bbc
  3. #bc798b
  4. #bcaa79

Square

  1. #79bcaa
  2. #8979bc
  3. #bc798b
  4. #adbc79

Monochromatic

  1. #34685a
  2. #4e9b86
  3. #79bcaa
  4. #acd6ca
  5. #dfefeb

Shades

#79bcaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79bcaa
  2. #6da999
  3. #619688
  4. #558477
  5. #497166
  6. #3d5e55
  7. #304b44
  8. #243833
  9. #182622
  10. #0c1311
  11. #000000

Tints

#79bcaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79bcaa
  2. #86c3b3
  3. #94c9bb
  4. #a1d0c4
  5. #afd7cc
  6. #bcded5
  7. #c9e4dd
  8. #d7ebe6
  9. #e4f2ee
  10. #f2f8f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79bcaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79bcaa
  2. #7ab6a6
  3. #7ab0a2
  4. #7baa9d
  5. #7ca499
  6. #7d9e95
  7. #7d9891
  8. #7e928d
  9. #7f8c88
  10. #7f8684
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.19:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.59:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9cb4ad ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b7b4a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #acacab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #65beb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2b7aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ab2ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6dbdb2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79bcaa {
  color: #79bcaa;
}
Background
.bg-79bcaa {
  background-color: #79bcaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79bcaa {
  border: 2px solid #79bcaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79bcaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 188 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 33% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79bcaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79bcaa, #79adbc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79bcaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 188 170 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.91 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.80 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 8.83 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.23 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.38 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 9.53 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 9.91 #864355 Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#79bcaa  rgb(121, 188, 170)  hsl(164, 33%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bc798b  rgb(188, 121, 139)  hsl(344, 33%, 61%)  Turkish Rose
#aa79bc  rgb(170, 121, 188)  hsl(284, 33%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bcaa79  rgb(188, 170, 121)  hsl(44, 33%, 61%)  Ecru