#79a5aa

Color #79a5aa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.19 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79a5aa

RGB

rgb(121, 165, 170)

HSL

hsl(186.1, 22.4%, 57.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.1, 28.8%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(28.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.86, -13.52, -7.38)

LCH

lch(64.86, 15.4, 208.63)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0478, 204.85)

HWB

hwb(186.1, 47.5%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa7e79

Analogous

#79aa97

#79a5aa

#798daa

Triadic

#79a5aa

#aa79a5

#a5aa79

Split-complementary

#79a5aa

#aa798d

#aa9779

Tetradic

#79a5aa

#7e79aa

#aa7e79

#a5aa79

Square

#79a5aa

#9779aa

#aa7e79

#8daa79

Shades

Color #79a5aa mixed toward black.

#5e8f95

#4b7277

#385659

#26393b

#131d1e

Tints

Color #79a5aa mixed toward white.

#8fb4b8

#a6c3c6

#bcd2d5

#d2e1e3

#e9f0f1

Tones

Color #79a5aa mixed toward gray.

#7da2a6

#819fa2

#859b9e

#89989a

#8e9596

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8e8fa9 · ΔE 20.3

Deuteranopia

#8c88a9 · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#7ca8a8 · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 14.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a5aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a5aa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79a5aa (#79a5aa) is rgb(121, 165, 170) in RGB.

No, #79a5aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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