#799ea3

Color #799ea3

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.4 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#799ea3

RGB

rgb(121, 158, 163)

HSL

hsl(187.1, 18.6%, 55.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.1, 25.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(25.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(62.64, -11.44, -6.75)

LCH

lch(62.64, 13.28, 210.54)

OKLCH

oklch(67.4%, 0.0412, 206.5)

HWB

hwb(187.1, 47.5%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a37e79

Analogous

#79a393

#799ea3

#7989a3

Triadic

#799ea3

#a3799e

#9ea379

Split-complementary

#799ea3

#a37989

#a39379

Tetradic

#799ea3

#7e79a3

#a37e79

#9ea379

Square

#799ea3

#9379a3

#a37e79

#89a379

Shades

Color #799ea3 mixed toward black.

#60878c

#4d6c70

#3a5154

#273638

#131b1c

Tints

Color #799ea3 mixed toward white.

#8faeb2

#a6bec2

#bccfd1

#d2dfe0

#e9eff0

Tones

Color #799ea3 mixed toward gray.

#7d9ba0

#80999c

#849699

#879395

#8b9192

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.23:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba2 · ΔE 18.7

Deuteranopia

#8885a2 · ΔE 21.3

Tritanopia

#7ba1a1 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 13

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799ea3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799ea3]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#799ea3 (#799ea3) is rgb(121, 158, 163) in RGB.

No, #799ea3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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