#79afb2

Color #79afb2

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.38 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 11.4

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Conversions

HEX

#79afb2

RGB

rgb(121, 175, 178)

HSL

hsl(183.2, 27%, 58.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.2, 32%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(32%, 1.7%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(67.97, -16.87, -7.21)

LCH

lch(67.97, 18.35, 203.14)

OKLCH

oklch(71.8%, 0.0567, 200.32)

HWB

hwb(183.2, 47.5%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b27c79

Analogous

#79b298

#79afb2

#7992b2

Triadic

#79afb2

#b279af

#afb279

Split-complementary

#79afb2

#b27992

#b29879

Tetradic

#79afb2

#7c79b2

#b27c79

#afb279

Square

#79afb2

#9879b2

#b27c79

#92b279

Shades

Color #79afb2 mixed toward black.

#5b9b9e

#497c7f

#375d5f

#243e3f

#121f20

Tints

Color #79afb2 mixed toward white.

#8fbcbf

#a6cacc

#bcd7d8

#d2e4e5

#e9f2f2

Tones

Color #79afb2 mixed toward gray.

#7eabad

#82a6a8

#87a2a4

#8c9e9f

#919a9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9494b1 · ΔE 23.3

Deuteranopia

#908cb1 · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#7cb1b1 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79afb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79afb2]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#79afb2 (#79afb2) is rgb(121, 175, 178) in RGB.

No, #79afb2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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