#79aca9

Color #79aca9

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.07 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 11.8

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Conversions

HEX

#79aca9

RGB

rgb(121, 172, 169)

HSL

hsl(176.5, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.5, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 0%, 1.7%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(66.85, -17.45, -3.88)

LCH

lch(66.85, 17.88, 192.54)

OKLCH

oklch(70.8%, 0.0542, 191.39)

HWB

hwb(176.5, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac797c

Analogous

#79ac90

#79aca9

#7996ac

Triadic

#79aca9

#a979ac

#aca979

Split-complementary

#79aca9

#ac7996

#ac9079

Tetradic

#79aca9

#797cac

#ac797c

#aca979

Square

#79aca9

#9079ac

#ac797c

#96ac79

Shades

Color #79aca9 mixed toward black.

#5d9794

#4b7976

#385b59

#253c3b

#131e1e

Tints

Color #79aca9 mixed toward white.

#8fbab7

#a6c8c6

#bcd6d4

#d2e3e2

#e9f1f1

Tones

Color #79aca9 mixed toward gray.

#7da8a5

#82a4a2

#869f9e

#8a9b9a

#8e9796

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9292aa · ΔE 23.2

Deuteranopia

#8f8baa · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#7caaaa · ΔE 1.9

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79aca9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79aca9]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79aca9 (#79aca9) is rgb(121, 172, 169) in RGB.

No, #79aca9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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