#79d7cc

Color #79d7cc

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 9.11 Nearest Tailwind class teal-300 #46ecd5 · ΔE 7.1

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Conversions

HEX

#79d7cc

RGB

rgb(121, 215, 204)

HSL

hsl(173, 54%, 65.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173, 43.7%, 84.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.7%)

LAB

lab(80.19, -30.54, -3.29)

LCH

lch(80.19, 30.72, 186.15)

OKLCH

oklch(81.8%, 0.0914, 185.84)

HWB

hwb(173, 47.5%, 15.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d77984

Analogous

#79d79d

#79d7cc

#79b3d7

Triadic

#79d7cc

#cc79d7

#d7cc79

Split-complementary

#79d7cc

#d779b3

#d79d79

Tetradic

#79d7cc

#7984d7

#d77984

#d7cc79

Square

#79d7cc

#9d79d7

#d77984

#b3d779

Shades

Color #79d7cc mixed toward black.

#4ecabc

#34ad9e

#278177

#1a564f

#0d2b28

Tints

Color #79d7cc mixed toward white.

#8fded5

#a6e4dd

#bcebe6

#d2f2ee

#e9f8f7

Tones

Color #79d7cc mixed toward gray.

#81cfc6

#89c7c0

#91c0ba

#98b8b4

#a0b0ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.41:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#aaabcf · ΔE 28.6

Deuteranopia

#a59dcf · ΔE 32.2

Tritanopia

#80d1d1 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79d7cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79d7cc]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79d7cc (#79d7cc) is rgb(121, 215, 204) in RGB.

No, #79d7cc 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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