#79cfea

Color #79cfea

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 4.09 Nearest Tailwind class sky-300 #74d4ff · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#79cfea

RGB

rgb(121, 207, 234)

HSL

hsl(194.3, 72.9%, 69.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.3, 48.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(78.83, -18.91, -21.38)

LCH

lch(78.83, 28.54, 228.51)

OKLCH

oklch(81%, 0.0914, 220.3)

HWB

hwb(194.3, 47.5%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ea9479

Analogous

#79eacc

#79cfea

#7997ea

Triadic

#79cfea

#ea79cf

#cfea79

Split-complementary

#79cfea

#ea7997

#eacc79

Tetradic

#79cfea

#9479ea

#ea9479

#cfea79

Square

#79cfea

#cc79ea

#ea9479

#97ea79

Shades

Color #79cfea mixed toward black.

#46bde2

#20a3cd

#187b99

#105266

#082933

Tints

Color #79cfea mixed toward white.

#8fd7ed

#a6dff1

#bce7f4

#d2eff8

#e9f7fb

Tones

Color #79cfea mixed toward gray.

#82cae1

#8cc5d7

#95c0ce

#9fbbc4

#a8b6bb

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a5a6e4 · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#a09ae2 · ΔE 24.8

Tritanopia

#7fdfde · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#c3c3c3 · ΔE 19.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #79cfea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79cfea]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#79cfea (#79cfea) is rgb(121, 207, 234) in RGB.

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

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