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#79C7BB

#79c7bb ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79c7bb is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 78.04% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 39.2% cyan, 0% magenta, 6.03% yellow and 21.96% black. Its hue angle is 170.77°, with 41.05% saturation and 62.75% 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 10.7:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 5.97.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.485

Complementary

  1. #79c7bb
  2. #c77985

Split complementary

  1. #79c7bb
  2. #c779ac
  3. #c79479

Analogous

  1. #79c794
  2. #79c7bb
  3. #79acc7

Triadic

  1. #79c7bb
  2. #bb79c7
  3. #c7bb79

Tetradic

  1. #79c7bb
  2. #7985c7
  3. #c77985
  4. #c7bb79

Square

  1. #79c7bb
  2. #9479c7
  3. #c77985
  4. #acc779

Monochromatic

  1. #31766b
  2. #48ac9c
  3. #79c7bb
  4. #afded6
  5. #e5f4f2

Shades

#79c7bb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79c7bb
  2. #6db3a8
  3. #619f96
  4. #558b83
  5. #497770
  6. #3d645e
  7. #30504b
  8. #243c38
  9. #182825
  10. #0c1413
  11. #000000

Tints

#79c7bb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79c7bb
  2. #86cdc2
  3. #94d2c9
  4. #a1d8cf
  5. #afddd6
  6. #bce3dd
  7. #c9e9e4
  8. #d7eeeb
  9. #e4f4f1
  10. #f2f9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79c7bb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79c7bb
  2. #7ac0b5
  3. #7ab9af
  4. #7bb2a9
  5. #7caba3
  6. #7da49e
  7. #7d9c98
  8. #7e9592
  9. #7f8e8c
  10. #7f8786
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.96:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.7:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a3bfba ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0bfbb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b3b5bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5ccac3 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8c2bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9fbcbc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #69c9c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79c7bb {
  color: #79c7bb;
}
Background
.bg-79c7bb {
  background-color: #79c7bb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79c7bb {
  border: 2px solid #79c7bb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79c7bb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 199 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 171 41% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79c7bb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79c7bb, #79acc7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79c7bb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 199 187 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.97 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.51 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.65 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.95 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.03 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.13 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.50 #863844 Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#79c7bb  rgb(121, 199, 187)  hsl(171, 41%, 63%)  Medium Turquoise
#c77985  rgb(199, 121, 133)  hsl(351, 41%, 63%)  Old Rose
#bb79c7  rgb(187, 121, 199)  hsl(291, 41%, 63%)  Floral Lavender
#c7bb79  rgb(199, 187, 121)  hsl(51, 41%, 63%)  Dark Khaki