#79a69e

Color #79a69e

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.12 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#79a69e

RGB

rgb(121, 166, 158)

HSL

hsl(169.3, 20.2%, 56.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(169.3, 27.1%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(27.1%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(64.81, -16.84, -0.75)

LCH

lch(64.81, 16.86, 182.55)

OKLCH

oklch(69%, 0.0499, 182.64)

HWB

hwb(169.3, 47.5%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a67981

Analogous

#79a688

#79a69e

#7998a6

Triadic

#79a69e

#9e79a6

#a69e79

Split-complementary

#79a69e

#a67998

#a68879

Tetradic

#79a69e

#7981a6

#a67981

#a69e79

Square

#79a69e

#8879a6

#a67981

#98a679

Shades

Color #79a69e mixed toward black.

#5f9087

#4c736c

#395651

#263a36

#131d1b

Tints

Color #79a69e mixed toward white.

#8fb5ae

#a6c4be

#bcd3cf

#d2e1df

#e9f0ef

Tones

Color #79a69e mixed toward gray.

#7da29c

#819f99

#849b97

#889794

#8c9392

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.76:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f8fa0 · ΔE 21.6

Deuteranopia

#8c89a0 · ΔE 24.5

Tritanopia

#7ca2a2 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 16

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #79a69e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a69e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#79a69e (#79a69e) is rgb(121, 166, 158) in RGB.

No, #79a69e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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