#1a7979

Color #1a7979

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 3.91 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#1a7979

RGB

rgb(26, 121, 121)

HSL

hsl(180, 64.6%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 78.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(78.5%, 0%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(46.01, -25.75, -7.66)

LCH

lch(46.01, 26.87, 196.57)

OKLCH

oklch(52.5%, 0.0828, 194.91)

HWB

hwb(180, 10.2%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#791a1a

Analogous

#1a7949

#1a7979

#1a4979

Triadic

#1a7979

#791a79

#79791a

Split-complementary

#1a7979

#791a49

#79491a

Tetradic

#1a7979

#1a1a79

#791a1a

#79791a

Square

#1a7979

#491a79

#791a1a

#49791a

Shades

Color #1a7979 mixed toward black.

#166565

#115151

#0d3c3c

#092828

#041414

Tints

Color #1a7979 mixed toward white.

#25abab

#38d4d4

#6adfdf

#9beaea

#cdf4f4

Tones

Color #1a7979 mixed toward gray.

#227171

#2a6969

#326161

#3a5959

#425151

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.05:1

White text reads better on this background (5.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#545579 · ΔE 27.8

Deuteranopia

#4f4879 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#267979 · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#6d6d6d · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #1a7979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#1a7979]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#1a7979 (#1a7979) is rgb(26, 121, 121) in RGB.

No, #1a7979 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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