#79c4cb

Color #79c4cb

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.15 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#79c4cb

RGB

rgb(121, 196, 203)

HSL

hsl(185.1, 44.1%, 63.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.1, 40.4%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(74.73, -21.46, -10.84)

LCH

lch(74.73, 24.04, 206.8)

OKLCH

oklch(77.4%, 0.0752, 203.36)

HWB

hwb(185.1, 47.5%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb8079

Analogous

#79cba9

#79c4cb

#799bcb

Triadic

#79c4cb

#cb79c4

#c4cb79

Split-complementary

#79c4cb

#cb799b

#cba979

Tetradic

#79c4cb

#8079cb

#cb8079

#c4cb79

Square

#79c4cb

#a979cb

#cb8079

#9bcb79

Shades

Color #79c4cb mixed toward black.

#52b3bc

#3c939c

#2d6f75

#1e4a4e

#0f2527

Tints

Color #79c4cb mixed toward white.

#8fced4

#a6d8dc

#bce1e5

#d2ebee

#e9f5f6

Tones

Color #79c4cb mixed toward gray.

#80bec4

#87b9bd

#8db3b6

#94adb0

#9ba8a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9fa0c9 · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#9b95c9 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#7ec8c8 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79c4cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79c4cb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79c4cb (#79c4cb) is rgb(121, 196, 203) in RGB.

No, #79c4cb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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