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#79D3B9

#79d3b9 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#79d3b9 is a color from the teal family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 82.75% green and 72.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.65% cyan, 0% magenta, 12.32% yellow and 17.25% black. Its hue angle is 162.67°, with 50.56% saturation and 65.1% 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 11.83:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 3.5.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.5416

Complementary

  1. #79d3b9
  2. #d37993

Split complementary

  1. #79d3b9
  2. #d379c0
  3. #d38c79

Analogous

  1. #79d38c
  2. #79d3b9
  3. #79c0d3

Triadic

  1. #79d3b9
  2. #b979d3
  3. #d3b979

Tetradic

  1. #79d3b9
  2. #7993d3
  3. #d37993
  4. #d3b979

Square

  1. #79d3b9
  2. #8c79d3
  3. #d37993
  4. #c0d379

Monochromatic

  1. #2c876d
  2. #3fc09b
  3. #79d3b9
  4. #b3e6d7
  5. #ecf9f5

Shades

#79d3b9 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79d3b9
  2. #6dbea7
  3. #61a994
  4. #559482
  5. #497f6f
  6. #3d6a5d
  7. #30544a
  8. #243f38
  9. #182a25
  10. #0c1513
  11. #000000

Tints

#79d3b9 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79d3b9
  2. #86d7c0
  3. #94dcc7
  4. #a1e0ce
  5. #afe5d5
  6. #bce9dc
  7. #c9ede3
  8. #d7f2ea
  9. #e4f6f1
  10. #f2fbf8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79d3b9 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79d3b9
  2. #7acbb3
  3. #7ac2ae
  4. #7bbaa8
  5. #7cb2a2
  6. #7daa9d
  7. #7da197
  8. #7e9991
  9. #7f918b
  10. #7f8886
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.77:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.83:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c2c2c2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #aac9bf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cec9b8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bfbebb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5ad5cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2cdb8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a7c7ba ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #68d4c4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79d3b9 {
  color: #79d3b9;
}
Background
.bg-79d3b9 {
  background-color: #79d3b9;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79d3b9 {
  border: 2px solid #79d3b9;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79d3b9;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 211 185;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 51% 65%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79d3b9 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79d3b9, #79c0d3);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79d3b9 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 211 185 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 3.50 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 6.26 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.02 #aaf0d1 Magic Mint ΔE 8.09 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.56 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 8.93 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 9.88 #862c46 Inverted #c2c2c2 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#79d3b9  rgb(121, 211, 185)  hsl(163, 51%, 65%)  Medium Aquamarine
#d37993  rgb(211, 121, 147)  hsl(343, 51%, 65%)  Pale Violet Red
#b979d3  rgb(185, 121, 211)  hsl(283, 51%, 65%)  Floral Lavender
#d3b979  rgb(211, 185, 121)  hsl(43, 51%, 65%)  Ecru