#79a7a2

Color #79a7a2

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.21 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79a7a2

RGB

rgb(121, 167, 162)

HSL

hsl(173.5, 20.7%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.5, 27.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 3%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(65.21, -16.46, -2.4)

LCH

lch(65.21, 16.63, 188.3)

OKLCH

oklch(69.4%, 0.0499, 187.72)

HWB

hwb(173.5, 47.5%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7797e

Analogous

#79a78b

#79a7a2

#7995a7

Triadic

#79a7a2

#a279a7

#a7a279

Split-complementary

#79a7a2

#a77995

#a78b79

Tetradic

#79a7a2

#797ea7

#a7797e

#a7a279

Square

#79a7a2

#8b79a7

#a7797e

#95a779

Shades

Color #79a7a2 mixed toward black.

#5f918c

#4c7470

#395754

#263a38

#131d1c

Tints

Color #79a7a2 mixed toward white.

#8fb6b2

#a6c4c1

#bcd3d1

#d2e2e0

#e9f0f0

Tones

Color #79a7a2 mixed toward gray.

#7da39f

#819f9c

#859c99

#889896

#8c9493

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

#8f90a3 · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#8d89a4 · ΔE 25.1

Tritanopia

#7ca4a4 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 15.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a7a2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a7a2]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79a7a2 (#79a7a2) is rgb(121, 167, 162) in RGB.

No, #79a7a2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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