#79cbd4

Color #79cbd4

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 12.12 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#79cbd4

RGB

rgb(121, 203, 212)

HSL

hsl(185.9, 51.4%, 65.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.9, 42.9%, 83.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 16.9%)

LAB

lab(77, -22.69, -12.32)

LCH

lch(77, 25.82, 208.5)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0811, 204.7)

HWB

hwb(185.9, 47.5%, 16.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d48279

Analogous

#79d4af

#79cbd4

#799ed4

Triadic

#79cbd4

#d479cb

#cbd479

Split-complementary

#79cbd4

#d4799e

#d4af79

Tetradic

#79cbd4

#8279d4

#d48279

#cbd479

Square

#79cbd4

#af79d4

#d48279

#9ed479

Shades

Color #79cbd4 mixed toward black.

#4fbbc7

#369da8

#28767e

#1b4e54

#0d272a

Tints

Color #79cbd4 mixed toward white.

#8fd4db

#a6dce2

#bce5e9

#d2eef1

#e9f6f8

Tones

Color #79cbd4 mixed toward gray.

#81c5cc

#88bfc5

#90b9bd

#97b3b6

#9fadae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4d2 · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#9e98d1 · ΔE 27.8

Tritanopia

#7fd0d0 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#bebebe · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79cbd4;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79cbd4]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79cbd4 (#79cbd4) is rgb(121, 203, 212) in RGB.

No, #79cbd4 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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