#79eaf9

Color #79eaf9

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Pale Turquoise #afeeee · ΔE 14.17 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 2.6

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Conversions

HEX

#79eaf9

RGB

rgb(121, 234, 249)

HSL

hsl(187, 91.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187, 51.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.4%, 6%, 0%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(86.87, -28.28, -17.17)

LCH

lch(86.87, 33.08, 211.26)

OKLCH

oklch(87.6%, 0.1051, 206.81)

HWB

hwb(187, 47.5%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f98879

Analogous

#79f9c8

#79eaf9

#79aaf9

Triadic

#79eaf9

#f979ea

#eaf979

Split-complementary

#79eaf9

#f979aa

#f9c879

Tetradic

#79eaf9

#8879f9

#f98879

#eaf979

Square

#79eaf9

#c879f9

#f98879

#aaf979

Shades

Color #79eaf9 mixed toward black.

#3ee1f6

#0bd2ec

#089db1

#056976

#03343b

Tints

Color #79eaf9 mixed toward white.

#8feefa

#a6f1fb

#bcf5fc

#d2f8fd

#e9fcfe

Tones

Color #79eaf9 mixed toward gray.

#83e2ee

#8edae4

#99d1d9

#a4c9ce

#aec1c4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b6f5 · ΔE 27.9

Deuteranopia

#afa6f5 · ΔE 30.9

Tritanopia

#82f3f2 · ΔE 5.9

Achromatopsia

#dadada · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79eaf9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79eaf9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79eaf9 (#79eaf9) is rgb(121, 234, 249) in RGB.

No, #79eaf9 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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