#79bbd3

Color #79bbd3

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.27 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#79bbd3

RGB

rgb(121, 187, 211)

HSL

hsl(196, 50.6%, 65.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196, 42.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(72.43, -14.75, -18.65)

LCH

lch(72.43, 23.78, 231.66)

OKLCH

oklch(75.6%, 0.0754, 223.01)

HWB

hwb(196, 47.5%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d39179

Analogous

#79d3be

#79bbd3

#798ed3

Triadic

#79bbd3

#d379bb

#bbd379

Split-complementary

#79bbd3

#d3798e

#d3be79

Tetradic

#79bbd3

#9179d3

#d39179

#bbd379

Square

#79bbd3

#be79d3

#d39179

#8ed379

Shades

Color #79bbd3 mixed toward black.

#4fa6c5

#3789a7

#29677d

#1b4453

#0e222a

Tints

Color #79bbd3 mixed toward white.

#8fc6da

#a6d2e2

#bcdde9

#d2e8f0

#e9f4f8

Tones

Color #79bbd3 mixed toward gray.

#80b8cc

#88b4c4

#8fb1bd

#97adb5

#9eaaae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.86:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9a9bce · ΔE 20.7

Deuteranopia

#9691cc · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#7dc9c8 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79bbd3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79bbd3]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#79bbd3 (#79bbd3) is rgb(121, 187, 211) in RGB.

No, #79bbd3 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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