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#7EAAA7

#7eaaa7 ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7eaaa7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 49.41% red, 66.67% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 25.88% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.76% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 175.91°, with 20.56% saturation and 58.04% 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 8.2:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 5.85.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.3598

Complementary

  1. #7eaaa7
  2. #aa7e81

Split complementary

  1. #7eaaa7
  2. #aa7e97
  3. #aa917e

Analogous

  1. #7eaa91
  2. #7eaaa7
  3. #7e97aa

Triadic

  1. #7eaaa7
  2. #a77eaa
  3. #aaa77e

Tetradic

  1. #7eaaa7
  2. #7e81aa
  3. #aa7e81
  4. #aaa77e

Square

  1. #7eaaa7
  2. #917eaa
  3. #aa7e81
  4. #97aa7e

Monochromatic

  1. #395654
  2. #578481
  3. #7eaaa7
  4. #acc8c6
  5. #dae7e6

Shades

#7eaaa7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7eaaa7
  2. #719996
  3. #658886
  4. #587775
  5. #4c6664
  6. #3f5554
  7. #324443
  8. #263332
  9. #192221
  10. #0d1111
  11. #000000

Tints

#7eaaa7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7eaaa7
  2. #8bb3b0
  3. #98bbb9
  4. #a5c4c1
  5. #b2ccca
  6. #bfd5d3
  7. #cbdddc
  8. #d8e6e5
  9. #e5eeed
  10. #f2f7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7eaaa7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7eaaa7
  2. #7ea6a3
  3. #7ea29f
  4. #7f9d9b
  5. #7f9997
  6. #7f9594
  7. #7f9190
  8. #7f8d8c
  9. #808888
  10. #808484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.56:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.2:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a2a2a2 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95a5a4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a5a5a7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9c9fa8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #70aca9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #97a7a7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #91a4a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #76aba8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7eaaa7 {
  color: #7eaaa7;
}
Background
.bg-7eaaa7 {
  background-color: #7eaaa7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7eaaa7 {
  border: 2px solid #7eaaa7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7eaaa7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 126 170 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 21% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7eaaa7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7eaaa7, #7e97aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7eaaa7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(126 170 167 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 5.85 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.88 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.03 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 10.61 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 11.29 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 11.35 #b2beb5 Ash Gray ΔE 12.06 #815558 Inverted #a2a2a2 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#7eaaa7  rgb(126, 170, 167)  hsl(176, 21%, 58%)  Cadet Blue
#aa7e81  rgb(170, 126, 129)  hsl(356, 21%, 58%)  Old Rose
#a77eaa  rgb(167, 126, 170)  hsl(296, 21%, 58%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#aaa77e  rgb(170, 167, 126)  hsl(56, 21%, 58%)  Sage