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cyan · cool

#7ebcaf

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Lagoon

RGB
126, 188, 175
HSL
167°, 32%, 62%
CMYK
33, 0, 7, 26
Luminance
0.4350

#7ebcaf is a balanced soft cyan, 167° on the wheel and 79/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.70:1). As text it scores 2.17:1 on white — use #427E71 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(167 32% 62%)rgb(126 188 175)Base step 400AAA inkCool

At a glance

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

Hex
#7ebcaf
Hue
167°
cyan
Saturation
32%
soft
Lightness
62%
balanced
Brightness
74%
HSV value
Perceived
67%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4350
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
79/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
9.70:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 8.5
Chroma
22.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.749
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 8.8
Web-safe
#66CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue167° of 360°
Saturation32%
Lightness62%
Saturation × lightness field

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

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
Red10%
Green83%
Blue7%

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

Every format

HEX#7ebcaf
HEX (8-digit)#7ebcafff
RGBrgb(126, 188, 175)
RGBArgba(126, 188, 175, 1)
HSLhsl(167, 32%, 62%)
HSV / HSBhsv(167, 33%, 74%)
HWBhwb(167 49% 26%)
CMYKcmyk(33%, 0%, 7%, 26%)
LABlab(71.9 -22.8 0.2)
LCHlch(71.9 22.8 179.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.749 0.067 179.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(34.32, 43.50, 47.14)
Decimal8305839
Display P3color(display-p3 0.494 0.737 0.686)
Web-safe#66CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7ebcaf;
background-color: #7ebcaf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7ebcaf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7ebcaf] bg-[#7ebcaf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7ebcaf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.494, green: 0.737, blue: 0.686)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.494, green: 0.737, blue: 0.686, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7EBCAF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7EBCAF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7EBCAF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(175, 188, 126)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(126, 188, 175)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(126, 188, 175)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 126, 188, 175)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4941f, 0.7373f, 0.6863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{126,188,175}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7ebcaf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7ebcaf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2C544B, #D7EAE6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7ebcaf 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: #F5F9F8;
  --brand-100: #ECF3F2;
  --brand-200: #D5E7E3;
  --brand-300: #B5D9D1;
  --brand-400: #7ebcaf;
  --brand-500: #6BB2A3;
  --brand-600: #54A191;
  --brand-700: #468679;
  --brand-800: #386B61;
  --brand-900: #2B4F48;
  --brand-950: #1B312D;
  --brand: #7ebcaf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F5FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C9E3DE;
  --brand-hover: #67B0A0;
  --brand-pressed: #53A090;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142421;
    --brand-ink: #D7EAE6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F9F8',
        100: '#ECF3F2',
        200: '#D5E7E3',
        300: '#B5D9D1',
        400: '#7ebcaf',
        500: '#6BB2A3',
        600: '#54A191',
        700: '#468679',
        800: '#386B61',
        900: '#2B4F48',
        950: '#1B312D',
        DEFAULT: '#7ebcaf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F9F8,
  '100': #ECF3F2,
  '200': #D5E7E3,
  '300': #B5D9D1,
  '400': #7ebcaf,
  '500': #6BB2A3,
  '600': #54A191,
  '700': #468679,
  '800': #386B61,
  '900': #2B4F48,
  '950': #1B312D,
);
$brand-base: #7ebcaf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F9F8", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECF3F2", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D5E7E3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B5D9D1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#7ebcaf", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#6BB2A3", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#54A191", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#468679", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#386B61", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2B4F48", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1B312D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #7ebcaf · 9.70:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.17:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.70:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7ebcaf as text scores 2.17:1 on white and 9.70:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2C544B at 3.92:1.

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
#427E71 · 4.71:1
AA on white−24% L
#427E71
The quick fox
#326056 · 7.14:1
AAA on white−33% L
#326056
The quick fox
#7ebcaf · 9.70:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7ebcaf
The quick fox
#7ebcaf · 9.70:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7ebcaf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #53A090 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
#7ebcaf on white: 2.17:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7ebcaf on black: 9.70:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

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

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.17:1AaAa
Slate 502.07:1AaAa
Slate 1001.98:1AaAa
Slate 2001.76:1AaAa
Slate 3001.46:1AaAa
Slate 4001.18:1AaAa
Slate 5002.20:1AaAa
Slate 6003.50:1AaAa
Slate 7004.78:1AaAa
Slate 8006.76:1AaAa
Slate 9008.25:1AaAa
Black9.70:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B7B5AF
deuteranopia · #ACADB0
tritanopia · #6BBEB8

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. #7ebcaf 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.

#F5F9F8
#ECF3F2
#D5E7E3
#B5D9D1
#7ebcaf
#6BB2A3
#54A191
#468679
#386B61
#2B4F48
#1B312D
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F5F9F8Darkest = 950 · #1B312DText 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 0.017 179.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.027 179.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.040 179.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.052 179.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.061 179.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.067 179.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.067 179.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.063 179.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.056 179.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.047 179.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.037 179.8);
}

Colors that work with #7ebcaf

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#F5FAF9
Tinted page background
Border#C9E3DE
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4E9788
Captions on the surface
Accent#C07A9A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2C544B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEF6F5
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142421
Dark-mode background
Hover#67B0A0
One step down in lightness
Pressed#53A090
Two steps down
Disabled#CCDEDB
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#83CCBC
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
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #7ebcaf

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
  • 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 #2C544B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #53A090

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.

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

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight38/100
  • 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#BC7E8B
Analogous left#7EBC90
Analogous right#7EAABC
Split-complement 1#BC7EAA
Split-complement 2#BC907E
Triadic 1#AF7EBC
Triadic 2#BCAF7E
Tetradic#907EBC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°167°

#7ebcaf sits at 167°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red49.4%
Green73.7%
Blue68.6%
R · 0–255
126
0x7e
G · 0–255
188
0xbc
B · 0–255
175
0xaf

CMYK percentages

Cyan33.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow6.9%
Key (black)26.3%

Total ink coverage is 66%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7ebcaf text on a black background

contrast 9.70:1

Card sample

#7ebcaf text on a white background

contrast 2.17:1

Card sample

#7ebcaf on grey

1.98:1

#7ebcaf on its own surface

2.05:1

#7ebcaf on its dark surface

7.44:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(126, 188, 175, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(126, 188, 175, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7ebcaf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7ebcaf, #7EA0BC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7ebcaf, #7E90BC);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7ebcaf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7ebcaf;
caret-color: #7ebcaf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7ebcaf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEF6F5;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7ebcaf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7ebcaf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7ebcaf 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(126, 188, 175, 0.5)
rgb(126 188 175 / 50%)
#7ebcaf80
hsl(167 32% 62% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7ebcaf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7ebcaf1a#F2F8F7
20%#7ebcaf33#E5F2EF
40%#7ebcaf66#CBE4DF
60%#7ebcaf99#B2D7CF
80%#7ebcafcc#98C9BF

Gradients from #7ebcaf

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, #A6D1C8, #7ebcaf 45%, #2C544B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7ebcaf, #6A8BB2);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7ebcaf, #BC7E8B);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #BBDBD5 0%, #7ebcaf 45%, #2C544B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F5FAF9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #A0CDA9 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #92B3C6 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2C544B 0%, transparent 65%), #7ebcaf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7ebcaf

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.

#7ebcaf 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
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 9.70:1.

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.

#7ebcaf, answered

What color is #7ebcaf?

#7ebcaf is a balanced soft cyan, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 8.5). It sits at 167° on the hue wheel with 32% saturation and 62% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #7ebcaf?

rgb(126, 188, 175) — 126 red, 188 green and 175 blue out of 255, or 49.4% / 73.7% / 68.6% by channel.

What is #7ebcaf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(167, 32%, 62%) and hsv(167, 33%, 74%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7ebcaf a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4350 and perceived brightness is 67%, so black text on it reaches 9.70:1.

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

Black. It scores 9.70:1 against #7ebcaf, versus 2.17:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7ebcaf accessible on a white background?

#7ebcaf on white scores 2.17:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #427E71 to reach 4.5:1, or #326056 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7ebcaf?

#BC7E8B sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #BC7EAA and #BC907E, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7ebcaf?

For interface work: #F5FAF9 as the surface, #C9E3DE for borders, #4E9788 for secondary text, #C07A9A as an accent and #2C544B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #7EBC90 and #7EAABC stays calm, while #BC7E8B is the loudest partner.

What is #7ebcaf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(33%, 0%, 7%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #7ebcaf 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 #7EBC98; nudged cooler, #7CB4BE.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7ebcaf?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 8.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7ebcaf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7ebcaf in Tailwind CSS?

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

rgba(126, 188, 175, 0.5), or #7ebcaf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BFDED7; over black, #3F5E58.

Is #7ebcaf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC99, ΔE2000 11.7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7ebcaf mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #7ebcaf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A6D1C8, #7ebcaf 45%, #2C544B). For more colour, a short hue run to #6A8BB2 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7ebcaf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

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