#79ced9

Color #79ced9

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.27 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#79ced9

RGB

rgb(121, 206, 217)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 55.8%, 66.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 44.2%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(78, -22.91, -13.5)

LCH

lch(78, 26.59, 210.51)

OKLCH

oklch(80.2%, 0.0839, 206.32)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 47.5%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d98479

Analogous

#79d9b4

#79ced9

#799ed9

Triadic

#79ced9

#d979ce

#ced979

Split-complementary

#79ced9

#d9799e

#d9b479

Tetradic

#79ced9

#8479d9

#d98479

#ced979

Square

#79ced9

#b479d9

#d98479

#9ed979

Shades

Color #79ced9 mixed toward black.

#4dbecd

#32a1b0

#257984

#195158

#0c282c

Tints

Color #79ced9 mixed toward white.

#8fd6df

#a6dee6

#bce6ec

#d2eff2

#e9f7f9

Tones

Color #79ced9 mixed toward gray.

#81c8d1

#89c2c9

#91bcc1

#99b5b9

#a1afb1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.8:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a6d6 · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#a099d6 · ΔE 27.9

Tritanopia

#7fd4d4 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79ced9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79ced9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79ced9 (#79ced9) is rgb(121, 206, 217) in RGB.

No, #79ced9 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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