#79c3cb

Color #79c3cb

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79c3cb

RGB

rgb(121, 195, 203)

HSL

hsl(185.9, 44.1%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.9, 40.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(74.45, -20.95, -11.26)

LCH

lch(74.45, 23.78, 208.26)

OKLCH

oklch(77.2%, 0.0745, 204.5)

HWB

hwb(185.9, 47.5%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb8179

Analogous

#79cbaa

#79c3cb

#799acb

Triadic

#79c3cb

#cb79c3

#c3cb79

Split-complementary

#79c3cb

#cb799a

#cbaa79

Tetradic

#79c3cb

#8179cb

#cb8179

#c3cb79

Square

#79c3cb

#aa79cb

#cb8179

#9acb79

Shades

Color #79c3cb mixed toward black.

#52b1bc

#3c929c

#2d6e75

#1e494e

#0f2527

Tints

Color #79c3cb mixed toward white.

#8fcdd4

#a6d7dc

#bce1e5

#d2ebee

#e9f5f6

Tones

Color #79c3cb mixed toward gray.

#80bdc4

#87b8bd

#8db2b6

#94adb0

#9ba7a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9f9fc9 · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#9a94c9 · ΔE 27.1

Tritanopia

#7ec8c7 · ΔE 3.8

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 18.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79c3cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79c3cb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79c3cb (#79c3cb) is rgb(121, 195, 203) in RGB.

No, #79c3cb 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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