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#79CCA5

#79cca5 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#79cca5 is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 80% green and 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 40.69% cyan, 0% magenta, 19.12% yellow and 20% black. Its hue angle is 151.81°, with 44.86% saturation and 63.73% 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 10.99:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 2.84.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.4997

Complementary

  1. #79cca5
  2. #cc79a0

Split complementary

  1. #79cca5
  2. #cc79c9
  3. #cc7c79

Analogous

  1. #79cc7c
  2. #79cca5
  3. #79c9cc

Triadic

  1. #79cca5
  2. #a579cc
  3. #cca579

Tetradic

  1. #79cca5
  2. #79a0cc
  3. #cc79a0
  4. #cca579

Square

  1. #79cca5
  2. #7c79cc
  3. #cc79a0
  4. #c9cc79

Monochromatic

  1. #2f7d58
  2. #45b480
  3. #79cca5
  4. #b0e1ca
  5. #e8f6ef

Shades

#79cca5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79cca5
  2. #6db895
  3. #61a384
  4. #558f74
  5. #497a63
  6. #3d6653
  7. #305242
  8. #243d32
  9. #182921
  10. #0c1411
  11. #000000

Tints

#79cca5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79cca5
  2. #86d1ae
  3. #94d6b7
  4. #a1dbc0
  5. #afe0c9
  6. #bce6d2
  7. #c9ebdb
  8. #d7f0e4
  9. #e4f5ed
  10. #f2faf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79cca5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79cca5
  2. #7ac4a1
  3. #7abd9e
  4. #7bb59a
  5. #7cae96
  6. #7da693
  7. #7d9e8f
  8. #7e978b
  9. #7f8f87
  10. #7f8884
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.91:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.99:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bbbbbb ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5c2b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cac1a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcb8a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #64ccc1 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #afc6a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a6c0a6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #6dccb6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79cca5 {
  color: #79cca5;
}
Background
.bg-79cca5 {
  background-color: #79cca5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79cca5 {
  border: 2px solid #79cca5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79cca5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 204 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 152 45% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79cca5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79cca5, #79c9cc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79cca5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 204 165 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 2.84 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 6.48 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 7.17 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 7.38 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 8.29 #ace1af Celadon ΔE 8.58 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 9.29 #86335a Inverted #bbbbbb Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#79cca5  rgb(121, 204, 165)  hsl(152, 45%, 64%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cc79a0  rgb(204, 121, 160)  hsl(332, 45%, 64%)  Thulian Pink
#a579cc  rgb(165, 121, 204)  hsl(272, 45%, 64%)  Floral Lavender
#cca579  rgb(204, 165, 121)  hsl(32, 45%, 64%)  Camel