ColorXprez

#7CA29B

Eucalyptus · light cool teal

About #7CA29B

With the hex code #7CA29B, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 49% red, 64% green and 61% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 36% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Eucalyptus — a ΔE of 12.6 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A27C83, a old rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 7.50:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red124
Green162
Blue155

Closest named colours

Eucalyptus
#5F8575 · ΔE 12.6
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 17.1
Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 17.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #7CA29B

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #7CA29B.
2.80:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on eucalyptus #7CA29B.
7.50:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #7CA29B appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#7CA29B
Protanopia (no red cones)
#9E9E9B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#97989C
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#72A4A0

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #7CA29B?

With the hex code #7CA29B, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 49% red, 64% green and 61% blue, while a printer would mix 23% cyan, 0% magenta, 4% yellow and 36% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #7CA29B?

Use black text. Black on #7CA29B has a contrast ratio of 7.50:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #7CA29B?

Its complementary colour is #A27C83, and analogous partners are #7CA288 and #7C96A2.