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#7DAAAE

#7daaae ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7daaae is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.02% red, 66.67% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.16% cyan, 2.3% magenta, 0% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 184.9°, with 23.22% saturation and 58.63% 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 8.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 5.96.

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Relative luminance0.3617

Complementary

  1. #7daaae
  2. #ae817d

Split complementary

  1. #7daaae
  2. #ae7d92
  3. #ae9a7d

Analogous

  1. #7dae9a
  2. #7daaae
  3. #7d92ae

Triadic

  1. #7daaae
  2. #ae7daa
  3. #aaae7d

Tetradic

  1. #7daaae
  2. #817dae
  3. #ae817d
  4. #aaae7d

Square

  1. #7daaae
  2. #9a7dae
  3. #ae817d
  4. #92ae7d

Monochromatic

  1. #38575a
  2. #558589
  3. #7daaae
  4. #acc9cb
  5. #dbe8e9

Shades

#7daaae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7daaae
  2. #71999d
  3. #64888b
  4. #58777a
  5. #4b6668
  6. #3f5557
  7. #324446
  8. #263334
  9. #192223
  10. #0d1111
  11. #000000

Tints

#7daaae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7daaae
  2. #8ab3b6
  3. #97bbbe
  4. #a4c4c6
  5. #b1ccce
  6. #bed5d7
  7. #cbdddf
  8. #d8e6e7
  9. #e5eeef
  10. #f2f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7daaae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7daaae
  2. #7da6a9
  3. #7ea2a5
  4. #7e9da0
  5. #7e999c
  6. #7f9597
  7. #7f9192
  8. #7f8d8e
  9. #7f8889
  10. #808485
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.55:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95a5a7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a6ae ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9a9fae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6cadab ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a8ae ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #90a4ae ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #73acac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7daaae {
  color: #7daaae;
}
Background
.bg-7daaae {
  background-color: #7daaae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7daaae {
  border: 2px solid #7daaae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7daaae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 125 170 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 185 23% 59%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7daaae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7daaae, #7d92ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7daaae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(125 170 174 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 5.96 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 8.17 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.79 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 9.98 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 11.33 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 11.86 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 12.17 #825551 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#7daaae  rgb(125, 170, 174)  hsl(185, 23%, 59%)  Cadet Blue
#ae817d  rgb(174, 129, 125)  hsl(5, 23%, 59%)  Rosy Brown
#ae7daa  rgb(174, 125, 170)  hsl(305, 23%, 59%)  Sky Magenta
#aaae7d  rgb(170, 174, 125)  hsl(65, 23%, 59%)  Sage