#79ccde

Color #79ccde

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 7.47 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#79ccde

RGB

rgb(121, 204, 222)

HSL

hsl(190.7, 60.5%, 67.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.7, 45.5%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(77.59, -20.6, -16.81)

LCH

lch(77.59, 26.59, 219.22)

OKLCH

oklch(79.9%, 0.0847, 213.15)

HWB

hwb(190.7, 47.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de8b79

Analogous

#79debe

#79ccde

#799ade

Triadic

#79ccde

#de79cc

#ccde79

Split-complementary

#79ccde

#de799a

#debe79

Tetradic

#79ccde

#8b79de

#de8b79

#ccde79

Square

#79ccde

#be79de

#de8b79

#9ade79

Shades

Color #79ccde mixed toward black.

#4bbbd3

#2d9fb8

#22778a

#174f5c

#0b282e

Tints

Color #79ccde mixed toward white.

#8fd5e4

#a6dde9

#bce6ef

#d2eef4

#e9f7fa

Tones

Color #79ccde mixed toward gray.

#82c7d6

#8ac1cd

#92bcc5

#9bb6bc

#a3b1b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a4da · ΔE 24.3

Deuteranopia

#9f98d9 · ΔE 26.2

Tritanopia

#7fd6d6 · ΔE 7.3

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79ccde;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79ccde]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#79ccde (#79ccde) is rgb(121, 204, 222) in RGB.

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

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