#79c9bd

Color #79c9bd

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 12.04 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 7.9

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Conversions

HEX

#79c9bd

RGB

rgb(121, 201, 189)

HSL

hsl(171, 42.6%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171, 39.8%, 78.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(39.8%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)

LAB

lab(75.77, -27.36, -1.73)

LCH

lch(75.77, 27.41, 183.62)

OKLCH

oklch(78.1%, 0.0811, 183.61)

HWB

hwb(171, 47.5%, 21.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c97985

Analogous

#79c995

#79c9bd

#79adc9

Triadic

#79c9bd

#bd79c9

#c9bd79

Split-complementary

#79c9bd

#c979ad

#c99579

Tetradic

#79c9bd

#7985c9

#c97985

#c9bd79

Square

#79c9bd

#9579c9

#c97985

#adc979

Shades

Color #79c9bd mixed toward black.

#53baaa

#3e998b

#2e7368

#1f4c46

#0f2623

Tints

Color #79c9bd mixed toward white.

#8fd2c8

#a6dbd3

#bce4de

#d2ede9

#e9f6f4

Tones

Color #79c9bd mixed toward gray.

#80c2b8

#86bcb4

#8db5af

#94aeaa

#9aa8a6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.93:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a2a3c0 · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#9d97c1 · ΔE 30.7

Tritanopia

#7fc2c3 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79c9bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79c9bd]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79c9bd (#79c9bd) is rgb(121, 201, 189) in RGB.

No, #79c9bd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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