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#7AAA9E

#7aaa9e ≈ Cadet Blue

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7aaa9e 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 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.24% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.06% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 165°, with 22.02% saturation and 57.25% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 8.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 7.38.

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Relative luminance0.3536

Complementary

  1. #7aaa9e
  2. #aa7a86

Split complementary

  1. #7aaa9e
  2. #aa7a9e
  3. #aa867a

Analogous

  1. #7aaa86
  2. #7aaa9e
  3. #7a9eaa

Triadic

  1. #7aaa9e
  2. #9e7aaa
  3. #aa9e7a

Tetradic

  1. #7aaa9e
  2. #7a86aa
  3. #aa7a86
  4. #aa9e7a

Square

  1. #7aaa9e
  2. #867aaa
  3. #aa7a86
  4. #9eaa7a

Monochromatic

  1. #36554d
  2. #548378
  3. #7aaa9e
  4. #a9c8c0
  5. #d7e6e2

Shades

#7aaa9e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7aaa9e
  2. #6e998e
  3. #62887e
  4. #55776f
  5. #49665f
  6. #3d554f
  7. #31443f
  8. #25332f
  9. #182220
  10. #0c1110
  11. #000000

Tints

#7aaa9e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7aaa9e
  2. #87b3a8
  3. #95bbb1
  4. #a2c4bb
  5. #afccc5
  6. #bdd5cf
  7. #caddd8
  8. #d7e6e2
  9. #e4eeec
  10. #f2f7f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7aaa9e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7aaa9e
  2. #7ba69b
  3. #7ba298
  4. #7c9d95
  5. #7c9992
  6. #7d958f
  7. #7e918c
  8. #7e8d89
  9. #7f8886
  10. #7f8483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.6:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a0a0a0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #93a49f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a6a49e ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9d9e9f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6daba6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a79e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91a39f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #72aba3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7aaa9e {
  color: #7aaa9e;
}
Background
.bg-7aaa9e {
  background-color: #7aaa9e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7aaa9e {
  border: 2px solid #7aaa9e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7aaa9e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 122 170 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 22% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7aaa9e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7aaa9e, #7a9eaa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7aaa9e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(122 170 158 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.38 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.41 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 9.70 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 10.08 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.55 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.90 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 11.33 #855561 Inverted #a0a0a0 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#7aaa9e  rgb(122, 170, 158)  hsl(165, 22%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#aa7a86  rgb(170, 122, 134)  hsl(345, 22%, 57%)  Turkish Rose
#9e7aaa  rgb(158, 122, 170)  hsl(285, 22%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#aa9e7a  rgb(170, 158, 122)  hsl(45, 22%, 57%)  Ecru