#79a4a9

Color #79a4a9

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.29 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.7

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Conversions

HEX

#79a4a9

RGB

rgb(121, 164, 169)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 21.8%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 28.4%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.4%, 3%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(64.55, -13.23, -7.29)

LCH

lch(64.55, 15.11, 208.86)

OKLCH

oklch(68.9%, 0.0469, 205.09)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 47.5%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a97e79

Analogous

#79a996

#79a4a9

#798ca9

Triadic

#79a4a9

#a979a4

#a4a979

Split-complementary

#79a4a9

#a9798c

#a99679

Tetradic

#79a4a9

#7e79a9

#a97e79

#a4a979

Square

#79a4a9

#9679a9

#a97e79

#8ca979

Shades

Color #79a4a9 mixed toward black.

#5f8e93

#4c7176

#395558

#26393b

#131c1d

Tints

Color #79a4a9 mixed toward white.

#8fb3b7

#a6c2c6

#bcd2d4

#d2e1e2

#e9f0f1

Tones

Color #79a4a9 mixed toward gray.

#7da1a5

#819ea1

#859b9d

#899799

#8d9495

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8ea8 · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#8b88a8 · ΔE 22.9

Tritanopia

#7ca7a7 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 14.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a4a9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a4a9]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79a4a9 (#79a4a9) is rgb(121, 164, 169) in RGB.

No, #79a4a9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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