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#7acaaa

a balanced, soft green · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Signal Jade

RGB
122, 202, 170
HSL
156°, 43%, 64%
CMYK
40, 0, 16, 21
Luminance
0.4928

#7acaaa is a balanced soft green, 156° on the wheel and 78/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (10.86:1). As text it scores 1.93:1 on white — use #348162 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(156 43% 64%)rgb(122 202 170)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7acaaa is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7acaaa
Hue
156°
green
Saturation
43%
soft
Lightness
64%
balanced
Brightness
79%
HSV value
Perceived
70%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4928
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
78/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
10.86:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 2.6
Chroma
32.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.778
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 9.9
Web-safe
#66CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue156° of 360°
Saturation43%
Lightness64%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7acaaa.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool78% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red8%
Green86%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#7acaaa
HEX (8-digit)#7acaaaff
RGBrgb(122, 202, 170)
RGBArgba(122, 202, 170, 1)
HSLhsl(156, 43%, 64%)
HSV / HSBhsv(156, 40%, 79%)
HWBhwb(156 48% 21%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 16%, 21%)
LABlab(75.6 -31.8 8.3)
LCHlch(75.6 32.9 165.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.778 0.092 166.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.40, 49.28, 45.62)
Decimal8047274
Display P3color(display-p3 0.478 0.792 0.667)
Web-safe#66CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7acaaa;
background-color: #7acaaa;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7acaaa;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7acaaa] bg-[#7acaaa]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7acaaa;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.478, green: 0.792, blue: 0.667)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.478, green: 0.792, blue: 0.667, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7ACAAA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7ACAAA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7ACAAA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(170, 202, 122)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(122, 202, 170)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(122, 202, 170)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 122, 202, 170)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4784f, 0.7922f, 0.6667f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{122,202,170}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7acaaa 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7acaaa 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#245B45, #D3EEE3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7acaaa h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5FAF8;
  --brand-100: #EBF5F1;
  --brand-200: #D1EAE0;
  --brand-300: #AFDFCC;
  --brand-400: #7acaaa;
  --brand-500: #5FBF98;
  --brand-600: #46AF85;
  --brand-700: #3A926F;
  --brand-800: #2F7559;
  --brand-900: #255542;
  --brand-950: #173529;
  --brand: #7acaaa;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C5E8DA;
  --brand-hover: #60C09A;
  --brand-pressed: #48B589;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241E;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5FAF8',
        100: '#EBF5F1',
        200: '#D1EAE0',
        300: '#AFDFCC',
        400: '#7acaaa',
        500: '#5FBF98',
        600: '#46AF85',
        700: '#3A926F',
        800: '#2F7559',
        900: '#255542',
        950: '#173529',
        DEFAULT: '#7acaaa',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5FAF8,
  '100': #EBF5F1,
  '200': #D1EAE0,
  '300': #AFDFCC,
  '400': #7acaaa,
  '500': #5FBF98,
  '600': #46AF85,
  '700': #3A926F,
  '800': #2F7559,
  '900': #255542,
  '950': #173529,
);
$brand-base: #7acaaa;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5FAF8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF5F1", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D1EAE0", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AFDFCC", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7acaaa", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#5FBF98", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#46AF85", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3A926F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2F7559", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#255542", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#173529", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #7acaaa · 10.86:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.93:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 10.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7acaaa as text scores 1.93:1 on white and 10.86:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #245B45 at 4.09:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#348162 · 4.71:1
AA on white−28% L
#348162
The quick fox
#276149 · 7.26:1
AAA on white−37% L
#276149
The quick fox
#7acaaa · 10.86:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7acaaa
The quick fox
#7acaaa · 10.86:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7acaaa

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #42A67E is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#7acaaa on white: 1.93:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7acaaa on black: 10.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7acaaa as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7acaaa.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.93:1AaAa
Slate 501.85:1AaAa
Slate 1001.77:1AaAa
Slate 2001.57:1AaAa
Slate 3001.30:1AaAa
Slate 4001.33:1AaAa
Slate 5002.46:1AaAa
Slate 6003.92:1AaAa
Slate 7005.35:1AaAa
Slate 8007.56:1AaAa
Slate 9009.23:1AaAa
Black10.86:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C7C0A8
deuteranopia · #BAB7AC
tritanopia · #64CAC1

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #7acaaa is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5FAF8
#EBF5F1
#D1EAE0
#AFDFCC
#7acaaa
#5FBF98
#46AF85
#3A926F
#2F7559
#255542
#173529
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F5FAF8Darkest = 950 · #173529Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.023 166.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.037 166.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.055 166.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.072 166.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.085 166.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.092 166.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.092 166.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.087 166.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.077 166.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.064 166.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.051 166.6);
}

Colors that work with #7acaaa

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF8
Tinted page background
Border#C5E8DA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B7B
Captions on the surface
Accent#963674
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#245B45
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF8F3
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241E
Dark-mode background
Hover#60C09A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#48B589
Two steps down
Disabled#D2E2DC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#80D8B5
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #7acaaa

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #245B45
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #42A67E

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight37/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#CA7A9A
Analogous left#7ACA82
Analogous right#7AC2CA
Split-complement 1#CA7AC2
Split-complement 2#CA827A
Triadic 1#AA7ACA
Triadic 2#CAAA7A
Tetradic#827ACA
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°156°

#7acaaa sits at 156°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red47.8%
Green79.2%
Blue66.7%
R · 0–255
122
0x7a
G · 0–255
202
0xca
B · 0–255
170
0xaa

CMYK percentages

Cyan39.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow15.8%
Key (black)20.8%

Total ink coverage is 76%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7acaaa text on a black background

contrast 10.86:1

Card sample

#7acaaa text on a white background

contrast 1.93:1

Card sample

#7acaaa on grey

1.77:1

#7acaaa on its own surface

1.83:1

#7acaaa on its dark surface

8.35:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7acaaa;
Background color
Panel with #7acaaa background
background-color: #7acaaa;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7acaaa;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(122, 202, 170, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(122, 202, 170, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7acaaa;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7acaaa, #7AB5CA);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7acaaa, #7AA1CA);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7acaaa;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7acaaa;
caret-color: #7acaaa;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7acaaa;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF8F3;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7acaaa;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7acaaa 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7acaaa over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(122, 202, 170, 0.5)
rgb(122 202 170 / 50%)
#7acaaa80
hsl(156 43% 64% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7acaaa 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7acaaa1a#F2FAF7
20%#7acaaa33#E4F4EE
40%#7acaaa66#CAEADD
60%#7acaaa99#AFDFCC
80%#7acaaacc#95D5BB

Gradients from #7acaaa

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #A6DBC6, #7acaaa 45%, #245B45);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7acaaa, #64A1C1);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7acaaa, #CA7A9A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BCE4D4 0%, #7acaaa 45%, #245B45 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF8, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #9ED89F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #90C6D3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #245B45 0%, transparent 65%), #7acaaa;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7acaaa

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#7acaaa in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 10.86:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#7acaaa, answered

What color is #7acaaa?

#7acaaa is a balanced soft green, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 2.6). It sits at 156° on the hue wheel with 43% saturation and 64% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7acaaa?

rgb(122, 202, 170) — 122 red, 202 green and 170 blue out of 255, or 47.8% / 79.2% / 66.7% by channel.

What is #7acaaa in HSL and HSV?

hsl(156, 43%, 64%) and hsv(156, 40%, 79%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7acaaa a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4928 and perceived brightness is 70%, so black text on it reaches 10.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7acaaa?

Black. It scores 10.86:1 against #7acaaa, versus 1.93:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7acaaa accessible on a white background?

#7acaaa on white scores 1.93:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #348162 to reach 4.5:1, or #276149 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7acaaa?

#CA7A9A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #CA7AC2 and #CA827A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7acaaa?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C5E8DA for borders, #4B9B7B for secondary text, #963674 as an accent and #245B45 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7ACA82 and #7AC2CA stays calm, while #CA7A9A is the loudest partner.

What is #7acaaa in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(40%, 0%, 16%, 21%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #7acaaa warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 78 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #7ACA8D; nudged cooler, #78CCC9.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7acaaa?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 9.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7acaaa as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7acaaa in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7acaaa] or text-[#7acaaa], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #7acaaa with 50% opacity?

rgba(122, 202, 170, 0.5), or #7acaaa80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BDE5D5; over black, #3D6555.

Is #7acaaa a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC99, ΔE2000 5.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7acaaa mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #7acaaa?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A6DBC6, #7acaaa 45%, #245B45). For more colour, a short hue run to #64A1C1 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7acaaa in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7acaaa at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.