#799ea9

Color #799ea9

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.12 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#799ea9

RGB

rgb(121, 158, 169)

HSL

hsl(193.8, 21.8%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.8, 28.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(62.83, -10, -9.85)

LCH

lch(62.83, 14.04, 224.57)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.0437, 218.02)

HWB

hwb(193.8, 47.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a98479

Analogous

#79a99c

#799ea9

#7986a9

Triadic

#799ea9

#a9799e

#9ea979

Split-complementary

#799ea9

#a97986

#a99c79

Tetradic

#799ea9

#8479a9

#a98479

#9ea979

Square

#799ea9

#9c79a9

#a98479

#86a979

Shades

Color #799ea9 mixed toward black.

#5f8793

#4c6c76

#395158

#26363b

#131b1d

Tints

Color #799ea9 mixed toward white.

#8faeb7

#a6bec6

#bccfd4

#d2dfe2

#e9eff1

Tones

Color #799ea9 mixed toward gray.

#7d9ca5

#819aa1

#85989d

#899599

#8d9395

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8ba6 · ΔE 18.1

Deuteranopia

#8885a6 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#7ba4a4 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 12.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #799ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#799ea9]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#799ea9 (#799ea9) is rgb(121, 158, 169) in RGB.

No, #799ea9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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