#79a09c

Color #79a09c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.81 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79a09c

RGB

rgb(121, 160, 156)

HSL

hsl(173.8, 17%, 55.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.8, 24.4%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(24.4%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(63.02, -14.13, -2.26)

LCH

lch(63.02, 14.31, 189.09)

OKLCH

oklch(67.6%, 0.043, 188.43)

HWB

hwb(173.8, 47.5%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0797d

Analogous

#79a088

#79a09c

#7991a0

Triadic

#79a09c

#9c79a0

#a09c79

Split-complementary

#79a09c

#a07991

#a08879

Tetradic

#79a09c

#797da0

#a0797d

#a09c79

Square

#79a09c

#8879a0

#a0797d

#91a079

Shades

Color #79a09c mixed toward black.

#618985

#4e6e6a

#3a5250

#273735

#131b1b

Tints

Color #79a09c mixed toward white.

#8fb0ac

#a6c0bd

#bccfcd

#d2dfde

#e9efee

Tones

Color #79a09c mixed toward gray.

#7c9d99

#809997

#839694

#869392

#89908f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8c8c9d · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#89869d · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#7b9e9e · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 14.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a09c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a09c]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79a09c (#79a09c) is rgb(121, 160, 156) in RGB.

No, #79a09c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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