#79a6ac

Color #79a6ac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.35 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#79a6ac

RGB

rgb(121, 166, 172)

HSL

hsl(187.1, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.1, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(65.21, -13.58, -7.98)

LCH

lch(65.21, 15.75, 210.44)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.049, 206.41)

HWB

hwb(187.1, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac7f79

Analogous

#79ac99

#79a6ac

#798dac

Triadic

#79a6ac

#ac79a6

#a6ac79

Split-complementary

#79a6ac

#ac798d

#ac9979

Tetradic

#79a6ac

#7f79ac

#ac7f79

#a6ac79

Square

#79a6ac

#9979ac

#ac7f79

#8dac79

Shades

Color #79a6ac mixed toward black.

#5d9097

#4b7379

#38565b

#253a3c

#131d1e

Tints

Color #79a6ac mixed toward white.

#8fb5ba

#a6c4c8

#bcd3d6

#d2e1e3

#e9f0f1

Tones

Color #79a6ac mixed toward gray.

#7da3a8

#82a0a4

#869c9f

#8a999b

#8e9697

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fab · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#8c89aa · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#7ca9a9 · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a6ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a6ac]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79a6ac (#79a6ac) is rgb(121, 166, 172) in RGB.

No, #79a6ac 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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