#79a0a0

Color #79a0a0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.43 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#79a0a0

RGB

rgb(121, 160, 160)

HSL

hsl(180, 17%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 24.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(63.13, -13.21, -4.34)

LCH

lch(63.13, 13.9, 198.19)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0426, 196.22)

HWB

hwb(180, 47.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a07979

Analogous

#79a08d

#79a0a0

#798da0

Triadic

#79a0a0

#a079a0

#a0a079

Split-complementary

#79a0a0

#a0798d

#a08d79

Tetradic

#79a0a0

#7979a0

#a07979

#a0a079

Square

#79a0a0

#8d79a0

#a07979

#8da079

Shades

Color #79a0a0 mixed toward black.

#618989

#4e6e6e

#3a5252

#273737

#131b1b

Tints

Color #79a0a0 mixed toward white.

#8fb0b0

#a6c0c0

#bccfcf

#d2dfdf

#e9efef

Tones

Color #79a0a0 mixed toward gray.

#7c9d9d

#809999

#839696

#869393

#899090

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8ca0 · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#8986a0 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#7ba0a0 · ΔE 0.5

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 13.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a0a0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a0a0]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#79a0a0 (#79a0a0) is rgb(121, 160, 160) in RGB.

No, #79a0a0 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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