#79e2ee

Color #79e2ee

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 13.06 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 3.5

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Conversions

HEX

#79e2ee

RGB

rgb(121, 226, 238)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 77.5%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 49.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.2%, 5%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(84.29, -27.3, -15.26)

LCH

lch(84.29, 31.28, 209.2)

OKLCH

oklch(85.4%, 0.0988, 205.22)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 47.5%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee8579

Analogous

#79eec0

#79e2ee

#79a7ee

Triadic

#79e2ee

#ee79e2

#e2ee79

Split-complementary

#79e2ee

#ee79a7

#eec079

Tetradic

#79e2ee

#8579ee

#ee8579

#e2ee79

Square

#79e2ee

#c079ee

#ee8579

#a7ee79

Shades

Color #79e2ee mixed toward black.

#44d6e7

#1bc1d4

#14919f

#0d616a

#073035

Tints

Color #79e2ee mixed toward white.

#8fe7f1

#a6ecf4

#bcf0f7

#d2f5f9

#e9fafc

Tones

Color #79e2ee mixed toward gray.

#83dae4

#8dd2db

#96cbd1

#a0c3c7

#aabbbd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b1b2eb · ΔE 27.3

Deuteranopia

#aba2ea · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#81e9e8 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79e2ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79e2ee]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79e2ee (#79e2ee) is rgb(121, 226, 238) in RGB.

No, #79e2ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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