#70979b

Color #70979b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.52 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11

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Conversions

HEX

#70979b

RGB

rgb(112, 151, 155)

HSL

hsl(185.6, 17.7%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.6, 27.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(59.84, -12.34, -6.45)

LCH

lch(59.84, 13.92, 207.6)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0432, 204.07)

HWB

hwb(185.6, 43.9%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b7470

Analogous

#709b8a

#70979b

#70829b

Triadic

#70979b

#9b7097

#979b70

Split-complementary

#70979b

#9b7082

#9b8a70

Tetradic

#70979b

#74709b

#9b7470

#979b70

Square

#70979b

#8a709b

#9b7470

#829b70

Shades

Color #70979b mixed toward black.

#5c7f83

#496669

#374c4f

#253334

#12191a

Tints

Color #70979b mixed toward white.

#88a8ac

#a0babc

#b8cbcd

#cfdcde

#e7eeee

Tones

Color #70979b mixed toward gray.

#749498

#779194

#7b8e90

#7e8b8d

#828989

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#83839a · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#807d9a · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#729999 · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 13.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #70979b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#70979b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#70979b (#70979b) is rgb(112, 151, 155) in RGB.

No, #70979b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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