#79a49f

Color #79a49f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.39 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#79a49f

RGB

rgb(121, 164, 159)

HSL

hsl(173, 19.1%, 55.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173, 26.2%, 64.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 3%, 35.7%)

LAB

lab(64.26, -15.57, -2.12)

LCH

lch(64.26, 15.71, 187.75)

OKLCH

oklch(68.6%, 0.0471, 187.2)

HWB

hwb(173, 47.5%, 35.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a4797e

Analogous

#79a48a

#79a49f

#7994a4

Triadic

#79a49f

#9f79a4

#a49f79

Split-complementary

#79a49f

#a47994

#a48a79

Tetradic

#79a49f

#797ea4

#a4797e

#a49f79

Square

#79a49f

#8a79a4

#a4797e

#94a479

Shades

Color #79a49f mixed toward black.

#608d88

#4d716d

#3a5552

#263936

#131c1b

Tints

Color #79a49f mixed toward white.

#8fb3af

#a6c2bf

#bcd2cf

#d2e1df

#e9f0ef

Tones

Color #79a49f mixed toward gray.

#7da09c

#809d9a

#849997

#879694

#8b9291

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea0 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#8b88a1 · ΔE 24

Tritanopia

#7ca1a1 · ΔE 3

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 15.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a49f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a49f]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79a49f (#79a49f) is rgb(121, 164, 159) in RGB.

No, #79a49f 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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