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#79BDA2

#79bda2 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#79bda2 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 74.12% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 35.98% cyan, 0% magenta, 14.29% yellow and 25.88% black. Its hue angle is 156.18°, with 34% saturation and 60.78% 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 9.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 5.33.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4307

Complementary

  1. #79bda2
  2. #bd7994

Split complementary

  1. #79bda2
  2. #bd79b6
  3. #bd8079

Analogous

  1. #79bd80
  2. #79bda2
  3. #79b6bd

Triadic

  1. #79bda2
  2. #a279bd
  3. #bda279

Tetradic

  1. #79bda2
  2. #7994bd
  3. #bd7994
  4. #bda279

Square

  1. #79bda2
  2. #8079bd
  3. #bd7994
  4. #b6bd79

Monochromatic

  1. #346954
  2. #4d9c7d
  3. #79bda2
  4. #acd6c6
  5. #dfefe9

Shades

#79bda2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79bda2
  2. #6daa92
  3. #619782
  4. #558471
  5. #497161
  6. #3d5f51
  7. #304c41
  8. #243931
  9. #182620
  10. #0c1310
  11. #000000

Tints

#79bda2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79bda2
  2. #86c4ab
  3. #94cab5
  4. #a1d1be
  5. #afd7c7
  6. #bcded1
  7. #c9e5da
  8. #d7ebe3
  9. #e4f2ec
  10. #f2f8f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79bda2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79bda2
  2. #7ab79f
  3. #7ab19b
  4. #7bab98
  5. #7ca594
  6. #7d9f91
  7. #7d988e
  8. #7e928a
  9. #7f8c87
  10. #7f8683
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.18:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #afafaf ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9db5aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bab4a1 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aeaca4 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #67beb5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4b8a1 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9cb3a3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6fbdae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79bda2 {
  color: #79bda2;
}
Background
.bg-79bda2 {
  background-color: #79bda2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79bda2 {
  border: 2px solid #79bda2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79bda2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 189 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 156 34% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79bda2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79bda2, #79b6bd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79bda2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 189 162 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.33 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 7.37 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.63 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.25 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.53 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 9.64 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 10.21 #86425d Inverted #afafaf Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#79bda2  rgb(121, 189, 162)  hsl(156, 34%, 61%)  Medium Aquamarine
#bd7994  rgb(189, 121, 148)  hsl(336, 34%, 61%)  Turkish Rose
#a279bd  rgb(162, 121, 189)  hsl(276, 34%, 61%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#bda279  rgb(189, 162, 121)  hsl(36, 34%, 61%)  Camel