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#79CACA

#79caca ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79caca is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 79.22% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.1% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 20.78% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 43.32% saturation and 63.33% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.11:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 5.48.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5057

Complementary

  1. #79caca
  2. #ca7979

Split complementary

  1. #79caca
  2. #ca79a1
  3. #caa179

Analogous

  1. #79caa1
  2. #79caca
  3. #79a1ca

Triadic

  1. #79caca
  2. #ca79ca
  3. #caca79

Tetradic

  1. #79caca
  2. #7979ca
  3. #ca7979
  4. #caca79

Square

  1. #79caca
  2. #a179ca
  3. #ca7979
  4. #a1ca79

Monochromatic

  1. #307a7a
  2. #46b1b1
  3. #79caca
  4. #b0e0e0
  5. #e7f5f5

Shades

#79caca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79caca
  2. #6db6b6
  3. #61a2a2
  4. #558d8d
  5. #497979
  6. #3d6565
  7. #305151
  8. #243d3d
  9. #182828
  10. #0c1414
  11. #000000

Tints

#79caca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79caca
  2. #86cfcf
  3. #94d5d5
  4. #a1dada
  5. #afdfdf
  6. #bce5e5
  7. #c9eaea
  8. #d7efef
  9. #e4f4f4
  10. #f2fafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79caca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79caca
  2. #7ac3c3
  3. #7abbbb
  4. #7bb4b4
  5. #7cacac
  6. #7da5a5
  7. #7d9e9e
  8. #7e9696
  9. #7f8f8f
  10. #7f8787
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.89:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.11:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bcbcbc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6c2c2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c0c3ca ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b8cb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #54cfca ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a9c6ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ebfca ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #65cdca ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79caca {
  color: #79caca;
}
Background
.bg-79caca {
  background-color: #79caca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79caca {
  border: 2px solid #79caca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79caca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 202 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 43% 63%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79caca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79caca, #79a1ca);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79caca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 202 202 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 5.48 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.58 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.71 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.15 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.58 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.30 #b0e0e6 Powder Blue ΔE 9.40 #863535 Inverted #bcbcbc Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#79caca  rgb(121, 202, 202)  hsl(180, 43%, 63%)  Medium Turquoise
#ca7979  rgb(202, 121, 121)  hsl(0, 43%, 63%)  Old Rose
#ca79ca  rgb(202, 121, 202)  hsl(300, 43%, 63%)  Orchid
#caca79  rgb(202, 202, 121)  hsl(60, 43%, 63%)  Dark Khaki