#79a4b9

Color #79a4b9

A muted light cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.32 Nearest Tailwind class slate-400 #90a1b9 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#79a4b9

RGB

rgb(121, 164, 185)

HSL

hsl(199.7, 31.4%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.7, 34.6%, 72.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(34.6%, 11.4%, 0%, 27.5%)

LAB

lab(65.06, -9.27, -15.47)

LCH

lch(65.06, 18.03, 239.07)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.0557, 229.59)

HWB

hwb(199.7, 47.5%, 27.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b98e79

Analogous

#79b9ae

#79a4b9

#7984b9

Triadic

#79a4b9

#b979a4

#a4b979

Split-complementary

#79a4b9

#b97984

#b9ae79

Tetradic

#79a4b9

#8e79b9

#b98e79

#a4b979

Square

#79a4b9

#ae79b9

#b98e79

#84b979

Shades

Color #79a4b9 mixed toward black.

#578da8

#467186

#345565

#233843

#111c22

Tints

Color #79a4b9 mixed toward white.

#8fb3c5

#a6c2d0

#bcd1dc

#d2e1e8

#e9f0f3

Tones

Color #79a4b9 mixed toward gray.

#7ea2b4

#84a0ae

#899ea9

#8e9da4

#949b9e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.82:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8eb4 · ΔE 17.9

Deuteranopia

#8b88b3 · ΔE 19.1

Tritanopia

#7cb0af · ΔE 10.8

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a4b9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a4b9]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#79a4b9 (#79a4b9) is rgb(121, 164, 185) in RGB.

No, #79a4b9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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