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#79DCD5

#79dcd5 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79dcd5 is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.45% red, 86.27% green and 83.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.18% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 175.76°, with 58.58% saturation and 66.86% 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 13.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.6006

Complementary

  1. #79dcd5
  2. #dc7980

Split complementary

  1. #79dcd5
  2. #dc79b1
  3. #dca379

Analogous

  1. #79dca3
  2. #79dcd5
  3. #79b1dc

Triadic

  1. #79dcd5
  2. #d579dc
  3. #dcd579

Tetradic

  1. #79dcd5
  2. #7980dc
  3. #dc7980
  4. #dcd579

Square

  1. #79dcd5
  2. #a379dc
  3. #dc7980
  4. #b1dc79

Monochromatic

  1. #27958d
  2. #3cccc2
  3. #79dcd5
  4. #b6ece8
  5. #effbfa

Shades

#79dcd5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79dcd5
  2. #6dc6c0
  3. #61b0aa
  4. #559a95
  5. #498480
  6. #3d6e6b
  7. #305855
  8. #244240
  9. #182c2b
  10. #0c1615
  11. #000000

Tints

#79dcd5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79dcd5
  2. #86e0d9
  3. #94e3dd
  4. #a1e7e2
  5. #afeae6
  6. #bceeea
  7. #c9f1ee
  8. #d7f5f2
  9. #e4f8f7
  10. #f2fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79dcd5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79dcd5
  2. #7ad3cd
  3. #7acac4
  4. #7bc0bc
  5. #7cb7b3
  6. #7daeab
  7. #7da5a2
  8. #7e9c9a
  9. #7f9291
  10. #7f8989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b0d2cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d3d5 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c1c6d6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #49e1da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5d7d5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9cfd6 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #60dfd8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79dcd5 {
  color: #79dcd5;
}
Background
.bg-79dcd5 {
  background-color: #79dcd5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79dcd5 {
  border: 2px solid #79dcd5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79dcd5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 220 213;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 59% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79dcd5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79dcd5, #79b1dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79dcd5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 220 213 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.53 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.32 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.19 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.09 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.11 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.85 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.89 #86232a Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#79dcd5  rgb(121, 220, 213)  hsl(176, 59%, 67%)  Medium Turquoise
#dc7980  rgb(220, 121, 128)  hsl(356, 59%, 67%)  Light Coral
#d579dc  rgb(213, 121, 220)  hsl(296, 59%, 67%)  Orchid
#dcd579  rgb(220, 213, 121)  hsl(56, 59%, 67%)  Straw