#7BBFA4 colour

#7BBFA4 is a muted green cyan close to CSS darkseagreen. RGB 123, 191, 164, HSL 156, 35%, 62%. Black text passes AAA (9.83:1), white fails (2.14:1).

#7BBFA4

Nearest CSS name: darkseagreen #8fbc8f (not an exact match)
Described as: a muted green cyan
Red, green, blue: 123, 191, 164
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.4415 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#7bbfa4`
RGB	`rgb(123, 191, 164)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(48.2% 74.9% 64.3%)`
HSL	`hsl(156.2, 34.7%, 61.6%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(156.2, 35.6%, 74.9%)`
HWB	`hwb(156.2 48.2% 25.1%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(36%, 0%, 14%, 25%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(72.23% -27.03 6.51)`
OKLCH	`oklch(75.15% 0.0798 167.23)`
Decimal	`8109988`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.14:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 9.83:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.14:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	9.83:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #7BBFA4 (9.83:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#87c5ac 18%#93cbb5 27%#9fd0bd 36%#abd6c5 45%#b7dccd 55%#c3e2d6 64%#cfe8de 73%#dbeee6 82%#e7f3ee 91%#f3f9f7

9%#70ae95 18%#659c86 27%#598b77 36%#4e7a68 45%#436859 55%#38574b 64%#2d453c 73%#22342d 82%#16231e 91%#0b110f

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#7bbfa4 #bf7b96

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#7bbf82 #7bbfa4 #7bb8bf

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#7bbfa4 #a47bbf #bfa47b

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#7bbfa4 #bf7bb8 #bf827b

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#7bbfa4 #827bbf #bf7b96 #b8bf7b

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#7bbfa4 Protanopia#bcb6a3 Deuteranopia#b0aea6 Tritanopia#69c0b7 Achromatopsia#b1b1b1

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #7bbfa4;`
Background	`background-color: #7bbfa4;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #7bbfa4;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(123 191 164 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #7bbfa4;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7bbfa4, #4a7362);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #b0d9c8, #7bbfa4);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #7bbfa4; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.