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#7BAAAA

#7baaaa ≈ Cadet Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#7baaaa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 48.24% red, 66.67% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 27.65% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 21.66% saturation and 57.45% 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 8.17:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Cadet Blue (#5f9ea0), ΔE 5.26.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.3586

Complementary

  1. #7baaaa
  2. #aa7b7b

Split complementary

  1. #7baaaa
  2. #aa7b92
  3. #aa927b

Analogous

  1. #7baa92
  2. #7baaaa
  3. #7b92aa

Triadic

  1. #7baaaa
  2. #aa7baa
  3. #aaaa7b

Tetradic

  1. #7baaaa
  2. #7b7baa
  3. #aa7b7b
  4. #aaaa7b

Square

  1. #7baaaa
  2. #927baa
  3. #aa7b7b
  4. #92aa7b

Monochromatic

  1. #375555
  2. #558484
  3. #7baaaa
  4. #aac8c8
  5. #d8e6e6

Shades

#7baaaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #7baaaa
  2. #6f9999
  3. #628888
  4. #567777
  5. #4a6666
  6. #3e5555
  7. #314444
  8. #253333
  9. #192222
  10. #0c1111
  11. #000000

Tints

#7baaaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #7baaaa
  2. #88b3b3
  3. #95bbbb
  4. #a3c4c4
  5. #b0cccc
  6. #bdd5d5
  7. #cadddd
  8. #d7e6e6
  9. #e5eeee
  10. #f2f7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#7baaaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #7baaaa
  2. #7ca6a6
  3. #7ca2a2
  4. #7d9d9d
  5. #7d9999
  6. #7e9595
  7. #7e9191
  8. #7f8d8d
  9. #7f8888
  10. #808484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.57:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.17:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a1a1a1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #94a5a5 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a5aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9b9faa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #6badaa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #95a7aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8fa3aa ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #72acaa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-7baaaa {
  color: #7baaaa;
}
Background
.bg-7baaaa {
  background-color: #7baaaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-7baaaa {
  border: 2px solid #7baaaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #7baaaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 123 170 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 22% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-7baaaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7baaaa, #7b92aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-7baaaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(123 170 170 / 0.35);
}

#5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 5.26 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 8.69 #a8c3bc Opal ΔE 9.60 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.09 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 10.53 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 11.07 #aec6cf Pastel Blue ΔE 12.49 #845555 Inverted #a1a1a1 Grayscale 

Cadet Blue
#7baaaa  rgb(123, 170, 170)  hsl(180, 22%, 57%)  Cadet Blue
#aa7b7b  rgb(170, 123, 123)  hsl(0, 22%, 57%)  Old Rose
#aa7baa  rgb(170, 123, 170)  hsl(300, 22%, 57%)  Purple Mountain Majesty
#aaaa7b  rgb(170, 170, 123)  hsl(60, 22%, 57%)  Sage