#79a2b6

Color #79a2b6

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.41 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.5

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Conversions

HEX

#79a2b6

RGB

rgb(121, 162, 182)

HSL

hsl(199.7, 29.5%, 59.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.7, 33.5%, 71.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(33.5%, 11%, 0%, 28.6%)

LAB

lab(64.39, -8.94, -14.8)

LCH

lch(64.39, 17.29, 238.87)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0534, 229.48)

HWB

hwb(199.7, 47.5%, 28.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b68d79

Analogous

#79b6ac

#79a2b6

#7983b6

Triadic

#79a2b6

#b679a2

#a2b679

Split-complementary

#79a2b6

#b67983

#b6ac79

Tetradic

#79a2b6

#8d79b6

#b68d79

#a2b679

Square

#79a2b6

#ac79b6

#b68d79

#83b679

Shades

Color #79a2b6 mixed toward black.

#598ba3

#476f83

#355362

#243841

#121c21

Tints

Color #79a2b6 mixed toward white.

#8fb1c2

#a6c1ce

#bcd0db

#d2e0e7

#e9eff3

Tones

Color #79a2b6 mixed toward gray.

#7ea0b1

#839eac

#889da7

#8d9ba2

#92999d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.66:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.66:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8d8db1 · ΔE 17.7

Deuteranopia

#8a87b0 · ΔE 19

Tritanopia

#7baead · ΔE 10.6

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 13.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a2b6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a2b6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#79a2b6 (#79a2b6) is rgb(121, 162, 182) in RGB.

No, #79a2b6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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