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#7AAA9C

#7aaa9c ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Balanced
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#7aaa9c is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 47.84% red, 66.67% green and 61.18% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 8.24% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 162.5°, with 22.02% saturation and 57.25% 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 8.06:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 8.01.

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Relative luminance0.3529

Complementary

  1. #7aaa9c
  2. #aa7a88

Split complementary

  1. #7aaa9c
  2. #aa7aa0
  3. #aa847a

Analogous

  1. #7aaa84
  2. #7aaa9c
  3. #7aa0aa

Triadic

  1. #7aaa9c
  2. #9c7aaa
  3. #aa9c7a

Tetradic

  1. #7aaa9c
  2. #7a88aa
  3. #aa7a88
  4. #aa9c7a

Square

  1. #7aaa9c
  2. #847aaa
  3. #aa7a88
  4. #a0aa7a

Monochromatic

  1. #36554c
  2. #548376
  3. #7aaa9c
  4. #a9c8bf
  5. #d7e6e1

Shades

#7aaa9c mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7aaa9c
  2. #6e998c
  3. #62887d
  4. #55776d
  5. #49665e
  6. #3d554e
  7. #31443e
  8. #25332f
  9. #18221f
  10. #0c1110
  11. #000000

Tints

#7aaa9c mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7aaa9c
  2. #87b3a6
  3. #95bbb0
  4. #a2c4ba
  5. #afccc4
  6. #bdd5ce
  7. #caddd7
  8. #d7e6e1
  9. #e4eeeb
  10. #f2f7f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7aaa9c mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7aaa9c
  2. #7ba699
  3. #7ba296
  4. #7c9d94
  5. #7c9991
  6. #7d958e
  7. #7e918b
  8. #7e8d88
  9. #7f8886
  10. #7f8483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.61:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.06:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #92a49f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a7a49b ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9e9e9d ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6daba6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a69c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91a39d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #73aba2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7aaa9c {
  color: #7aaa9c;
}
Background
.bg-7aaa9c {
  background-color: #7aaa9c;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7aaa9c {
  border: 2px solid #7aaa9c;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7aaa9c;
  --color-primary-rgb: 122 170 156;
  --color-primary-hsl: 163 22% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7aaa9c {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7aaa9c, #7aa0aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7aaa9c {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(122 170 156 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.01 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.75 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.93 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.31 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.44 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 10.86 #8fbc8f Dark Sea Green ΔE 10.93 #855563 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#7aaa9c  rgb(122, 170, 156)  hsl(163, 22%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#aa7a88  rgb(170, 122, 136)  hsl(343, 22%, 57%)  Turkish Rose
#9c7aaa  rgb(156, 122, 170)  hsl(283, 22%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#aa9c7a  rgb(170, 156, 122)  hsl(43, 22%, 57%)  Ecru