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#79DCD8

#79dcd8 ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#79dcd8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 45% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.82% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 177.58°, 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 13.04:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 4.6.

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Web safe#66cccc
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Relative luminance0.6021

Complementary

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #dc797d

Split complementary

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #dc79ae
  3. #dca679

Analogous

  1. #79dca6
  2. #79dcd8
  3. #79aedc

Triadic

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #d879dc
  3. #dcd879

Tetradic

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #797ddc
  3. #dc797d
  4. #dcd879

Square

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #a679dc
  3. #dc797d
  4. #aedc79

Monochromatic

  1. #279591
  2. #3cccc6
  3. #79dcd8
  4. #b6ecea
  5. #effbfa

Shades

#79dcd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #6dc6c2
  3. #61b0ad
  4. #559a97
  5. #498482
  6. #3d6e6c
  7. #305856
  8. #244241
  9. #182c2b
  10. #0c1616
  11. #000000

Tints

#79dcd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #86e0dc
  3. #94e3e0
  4. #a1e7e4
  5. #afeae8
  6. #bceeec
  7. #c9f1ef
  8. #d7f5f3
  9. #e4f8f7
  10. #f2fcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#79dcd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #79dcd8
  2. #7ad3cf
  3. #7acac6
  4. #7bc0be
  5. #7cb7b5
  6. #7daeac
  7. #7da5a3
  8. #7e9c9a
  9. #7f9292
  10. #7f8989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.04:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cccccc ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #b1d2d1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d3d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c0c6d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #47e1da ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b5d7d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a9cfd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #5fdfd9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-79dcd8 {
  color: #79dcd8;
}
Background
.bg-79dcd8 {
  background-color: #79dcd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-79dcd8 {
  border: 2px solid #79dcd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #79dcd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 121 220 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 59% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-79dcd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79dcd8, #79aedc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-79dcd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(121 220 216 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.60 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.08 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.52 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.74 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.93 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.27 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 7.44 #862327 Inverted #cccccc Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#79dcd8  rgb(121, 220, 216)  hsl(178, 59%, 67%)  Medium Turquoise
#dc797d  rgb(220, 121, 125)  hsl(358, 59%, 67%)  Light Coral
#d879dc  rgb(216, 121, 220)  hsl(298, 59%, 67%)  Orchid
#dcd879  rgb(220, 216, 121)  hsl(58, 59%, 67%)  Straw