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cyan · cool

#7aefc8

a light, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Morning Teal

RGB
122, 239, 200
HSL
160°, 79%, 71%
CMYK
49, 0, 16, 6
Luminance
0.7004

#7aefc8 is a light electric cyan, 160° on the wheel and 79/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (15.01:1). As text it scores 1.40:1 on white — use #10835D instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(160 79% 71%)rgb(122 239 200)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7aefc8 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7aefc8
Hue
160°
cyan
Saturation
79%
electric
Lightness
71%
light
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.7004
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
79/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
15.01:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 3.4
Chroma
43.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.873
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 15.2
Web-safe
#66FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue160° of 360°
Saturation79%
Lightness71%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7aefc8.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool79% 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
Red6%
Green88%
Blue6%

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

Every format

HEX#7aefc8
HEX (8-digit)#7aefc8ff
RGBrgb(122, 239, 200)
RGBArgba(122, 239, 200, 1)
HSLhsl(160, 79%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 49%, 94%)
HWBhwb(160 48% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(49%, 0%, 16%, 6%)
LABlab(87.0 -42.3 8.7)
LCHlch(87.0 43.1 168.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.873 0.121 169.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(49.31, 70.04, 65.55)
Decimal8056776
Display P3color(display-p3 0.478 0.937 0.784)
Web-safe#66FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7aefc8;
background-color: #7aefc8;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7aefc8;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7aefc8] bg-[#7aefc8]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7aefc8;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.478, green: 0.937, blue: 0.784)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.478, green: 0.937, blue: 0.784, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7AEFC8</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7AEFC8)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7AEFC8)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(200, 239, 122)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(122, 239, 200)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(122, 239, 200)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 122, 239, 200)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4784f, 0.9373f, 0.7843f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{122,239,200}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7aefc8 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7aefc8 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0E7250, #D3EEE5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7aefc8 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: #F3FCF9;
  --brand-100: #E6F9F3;
  --brand-200: #C7F5E5;
  --brand-300: #9BF3D6;
  --brand-400: #7aefc8;
  --brand-500: #37E7AC;
  --brand-600: #1ADA9A;
  --brand-700: #16B681;
  --brand-800: #129267;
  --brand-900: #11694C;
  --brand-950: #0B422F;
  --brand: #7aefc8;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF8;
  --brand-border: #C0EDDE;
  --brand-hover: #5AEBBB;
  --brand-pressed: #3AE7AE;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241F;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCF9',
        100: '#E6F9F3',
        200: '#C7F5E5',
        300: '#9BF3D6',
        400: '#7aefc8',
        500: '#37E7AC',
        600: '#1ADA9A',
        700: '#16B681',
        800: '#129267',
        900: '#11694C',
        950: '#0B422F',
        DEFAULT: '#7aefc8',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCF9,
  '100': #E6F9F3,
  '200': #C7F5E5,
  '300': #9BF3D6,
  '400': #7aefc8,
  '500': #37E7AC,
  '600': #1ADA9A,
  '700': #16B681,
  '800': #129267,
  '900': #11694C,
  '950': #0B422F,
);
$brand-base: #7aefc8;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCF9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E6F9F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C7F5E5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9BF3D6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7aefc8", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#37E7AC", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1ADA9A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#16B681", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#129267", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#11694C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0B422F", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #7aefc8 · 15.01:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.40:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 15.01:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7aefc8 as text scores 1.40:1 on white and 15.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #0E7250 at 4.24:1.

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
#10835D · 4.74:1
AA on white−42% L
#10835D
The quick fox
#0C6346 · 7.27:1
AAA on white−49% L
#0C6346
The quick fox
#7aefc8 · 15.01:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7aefc8
The quick fox
#7aefc8 · 15.01:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7aefc8

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #14A876 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
#7aefc8 on white: 1.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7aefc8 on black: 15.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7aefc8 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7aefc8.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.40:1AaAa
Slate 501.34:1AaAa
Slate 1001.28:1AaAa
Slate 2001.14:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.83:1AaAa
Slate 5003.40:1AaAa
Slate 6005.42:1AaAa
Slate 7007.40:1AaAa
Slate 80010.45:1AaAa
Slate 90012.76:1AaAa
Black15.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #EAE2C6
deuteranopia · #D7D5CB
tritanopia · #4DF0E4

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. #7aefc8 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.

#F3FCF9
#E6F9F3
#C7F5E5
#9BF3D6
#7aefc8
#37E7AC
#1ADA9A
#16B681
#129267
#11694C
#0B422F
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF9Darkest = 950 · #0B422FText step on white = 900
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 0.030 169.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.048 169.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.073 169.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.094 169.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.111 169.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.121 169.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.121 169.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.114 169.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.102 169.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.085 169.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.067 169.4);
}

Colors that work with #7aefc8

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#C0EDDE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B80
Captions on the surface
Accent#BA1274
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0E7250
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8FCF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241F
Dark-mode background
Hover#5AEBBB
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3AE7AE
Two steps down
Disabled#E9F1EE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#86F8D2
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 #7aefc8

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • 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 #0E7250
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #14A876

Meaning and mood

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

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight29/100
  • 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#EF7AA1
Analogous left#7AEF8E
Analogous right#7ADCEF
Split-complement 1#EF7ADC
Split-complement 2#EF8E7A
Triadic 1#C87AEF
Triadic 2#EFC87A
Tetradic#8E7AEF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°160°

#7aefc8 sits at 160°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red47.8%
Green93.7%
Blue78.4%
R · 0–255
122
0x7a
G · 0–255
239
0xef
B · 0–255
200
0xc8

CMYK percentages

Cyan49.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow16.3%
Key (black)6.3%

Total ink coverage is 72%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7aefc8 text on a black background

contrast 15.01:1

Card sample

#7aefc8 text on a white background

contrast 1.40:1

Card sample

#7aefc8 on grey

1.28:1

#7aefc8 on its own surface

1.32:1

#7aefc8 on its dark surface

11.53:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7aefc8;
Background color
Panel with #7aefc8 background
background-color: #7aefc8;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7aefc8;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(122, 239, 200, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(122, 239, 200, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7aefc8;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7aefc8, #7AC8EF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7aefc8, #7AABEF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7aefc8;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7aefc8;
caret-color: #7aefc8;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7aefc8;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E8FCF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7aefc8;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7aefc8 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7aefc8 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, 239, 200, 0.5)
rgb(122 239 200 / 50%)
#7aefc880
hsl(160 79% 71% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7aefc8 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7aefc81a#F2FDFA
20%#7aefc833#E4FCF4
40%#7aefc866#CAF9E9
60%#7aefc899#AFF5DE
80%#7aefc8cc#95F2D3

Gradients from #7aefc8

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, #B1F6DF, #7aefc8 45%, #0E7250);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7aefc8, #5FB1EC);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7aefc8, #EF7AA1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #CCF9EA 0%, #7aefc8 45%, #0E7250 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%, #A8F4AE 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #95DBF2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0E7250 0%, transparent 65%), #7aefc8;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7aefc8

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.

#7aefc8 in the real world

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

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

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 15.01:1.

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.

#7aefc8, answered

What color is #7aefc8?

#7aefc8 is a light electric cyan, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 3.4). It sits at 160° on the hue wheel with 79% saturation and 71% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7aefc8?

rgb(122, 239, 200) — 122 red, 239 green and 200 blue out of 255, or 47.8% / 93.7% / 78.4% by channel.

What is #7aefc8 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(160, 79%, 71%) and hsv(160, 49%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7aefc8 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.7004 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 15.01:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7aefc8?

Black. It scores 15.01:1 against #7aefc8, versus 1.40:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7aefc8 accessible on a white background?

#7aefc8 on white scores 1.40:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #10835D to reach 4.5:1, or #0C6346 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7aefc8?

#EF7AA1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #EF7ADC and #EF8E7A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7aefc8?

For interface work: #F4FAF8 as the surface, #C0EDDE for borders, #4B9B80 for secondary text, #BA1274 as an accent and #0E7250 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7AEF8E and #7ADCEF stays calm, while #EF7AA1 is the loudest partner.

What is #7aefc8 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(49%, 0%, 16%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #7aefc8 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 79 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #7AEF9D; nudged cooler, #79ECF0.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7aefc8?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 15.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7aefc8 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7aefc8 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7aefc8] or text-[#7aefc8], 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 #7aefc8 with 50% opacity?

rgba(122, 239, 200, 0.5), or #7aefc880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BDF7E4; over black, #3D7864.

Is #7aefc8 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66FFCC, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7aefc8 mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #7aefc8?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #B1F6DF, #7aefc8 45%, #0E7250). For more colour, a short hue run to #5FB1EC keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7aefc8 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7aefc8 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.