#79aca2

Color #79aca2

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.04 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 10.6

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Conversions

HEX

#79aca2

RGB

rgb(121, 172, 162)

HSL

hsl(168.2, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.2, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.66, -19.06, -0.28)

LCH

lch(66.66, 19.06, 180.84)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0561, 181.02)

HWB

hwb(168.2, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac7983

Analogous

#79ac89

#79aca2

#799dac

Triadic

#79aca2

#a279ac

#aca279

Split-complementary

#79aca2

#ac799d

#ac8979

Tetradic

#79aca2

#7983ac

#ac7983

#aca279

Square

#79aca2

#8979ac

#ac7983

#9dac79

Shades

Color #79aca2 mixed toward black.

#5d978c

#4b7970

#385b54

#253c38

#131e1c

Tints

Color #79aca2 mixed toward white.

#8fbab2

#a6c8c1

#bcd6d1

#d2e3e0

#e9f1f0

Tones

Color #79aca2 mixed toward gray.

#7da8a0

#82a49d

#869f9a

#8a9b98

#8e9795

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292a4 · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#8f8ba5 · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#7ca6a7 · ΔE 5.5

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79aca2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79aca2]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Frequently asked questions

#79aca2 (#79aca2) is rgb(121, 172, 162) in RGB.

No, #79aca2 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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