#79bcaa

Color #79bcaa

A muted light green.

Closest named color Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa · ΔE 14.89 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#79bcaa

RGB

rgb(121, 188, 170)

HSL

hsl(163.9, 33.3%, 60.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(163.9, 35.6%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(71.51, -25.34, 2.38)

LCH

lch(71.51, 25.45, 174.63)

OKLCH

oklch(74.5%, 0.0733, 175.39)

HWB

hwb(163.9, 47.5%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc798b

Analogous

#79bc89

#79bcaa

#79acbc

Triadic

#79bcaa

#aa79bc

#bcaa79

Split-complementary

#79bcaa

#bc79ac

#bc8979

Tetradic

#79bcaa

#798bbc

#bc798b

#bcaa79

Square

#79bcaa

#8979bc

#bc798b

#acbc79

Shades

Color #79bcaa mixed toward black.

#57ab94

#458977

#346759

#22453b

#11221e

Tints

Color #79bcaa mixed toward white.

#8fc7b8

#a6d2c6

#bcddd5

#d2e9e3

#e9f4f1

Tones

Color #79bcaa mixed toward gray.

#7fb6a7

#84b1a5

#8aaba2

#8fa6a0

#95a09d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.59:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9b9baf · ΔE 26.4

Deuteranopia

#9791b0 · ΔE 30.1

Tritanopia

#7db2b3 · ΔE 8.3

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79bcaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79bcaa]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#79bcaa (#79bcaa) is rgb(121, 188, 170) in RGB.

No, #79bcaa 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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