#79d8df

Color #79d8df

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 12.41 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#79d8df

RGB

rgb(121, 216, 223)

HSL

hsl(184.1, 61.4%, 67.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.1, 45.7%, 87.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.5%)

LAB

lab(81.02, -26.31, -12.2)

LCH

lch(81.02, 29, 204.88)

OKLCH

oklch(82.6%, 0.0907, 201.75)

HWB

hwb(184.1, 47.5%, 12.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#df8079

Analogous

#79dfb3

#79d8df

#79a5df

Triadic

#79d8df

#df79d8

#d8df79

Split-complementary

#79d8df

#df79a5

#dfb379

Tetradic

#79d8df

#8079df

#df8079

#d8df79

Square

#79d8df

#b379df

#df8079

#a5df79

Shades

Color #79d8df mixed toward black.

#4bcbd4

#2cb0b9

#21848b

#16585d

#0b2c2e

Tints

Color #79d8df mixed toward white.

#90dfe4

#a6e5ea

#bcecef

#d2f2f4

#e9f9fa

Tones

Color #79d8df mixed toward gray.

#82d1d7

#8ac9ce

#93c2c6

#9bbbbd

#a4b3b5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#abacdd · ΔE 27

Deuteranopia

#a59edd · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#80dcdc · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79d8df;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79d8df]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79d8df (#79d8df) is rgb(121, 216, 223) in RGB.

No, #79d8df is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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