#79a09a

Color #79a09a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.23 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#79a09a

RGB

rgb(121, 160, 154)

HSL

hsl(170.8, 17%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(170.8, 24.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(62.96, -14.58, -1.22)

LCH

lch(62.96, 14.63, 184.78)

OKLCH

oklch(67.5%, 0.0435, 184.61)

HWB

hwb(170.8, 47.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0797f

Analogous

#79a087

#79a09a

#7992a0

Triadic

#79a09a

#9a79a0

#a09a79

Split-complementary

#79a09a

#a07992

#a08779

Tetradic

#79a09a

#797fa0

#a0797f

#a09a79

Square

#79a09a

#8779a0

#a0797f

#92a079

Shades

Color #79a09a mixed toward black.

#618983

#4e6e69

#3a524f

#273734

#131b1a

Tints

Color #79a09a mixed toward white.

#8fb0ab

#a6c0bc

#bccfcd

#d2dfdd

#e9efee

Tones

Color #79a09a mixed toward gray.

#7c9d98

#809996

#839693

#869391

#89908f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9b · ΔE 19.6

Deuteranopia

#89869c · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#7b9d9d · ΔE 3.3

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 14.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a09a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a09a]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79a09a (#79a09a) is rgb(121, 160, 154) in RGB.

No, #79a09a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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