#7cacae

Color #7cacae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.49 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#7cacae

RGB

rgb(124, 172, 174)

HSL

hsl(182.4, 23.6%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.4, 28.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(67.16, -15.38, -6.18)

LCH

lch(67.16, 16.58, 201.89)

OKLCH

oklch(71.1%, 0.0511, 199.32)

HWB

hwb(182.4, 48.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae7e7c

Analogous

#7cae97

#7cacae

#7c93ae

Triadic

#7cacae

#ae7cac

#acae7c

Split-complementary

#7cacae

#ae7c93

#ae977c

Tetradic

#7cacae

#7e7cae

#ae7e7c

#acae7c

Square

#7cacae

#977cae

#ae7e7c

#93ae7c

Shades

Color #7cacae mixed toward black.

#5f9799

#4c797b

#395b5c

#263c3d

#131e1f

Tints

Color #7cacae mixed toward white.

#92babb

#a8c8c9

#bdd5d6

#d3e3e4

#e9f1f1

Tones

Color #7cacae mixed toward gray.

#80a8aa

#84a4a6

#88a0a1

#8d9d9d

#919999

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.37:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.37:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394ae · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#908dad · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#7fadad · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #7cacae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#7cacae]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#7cacae (#7cacae) is rgb(124, 172, 174) in RGB.

No, #7cacae is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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