#79dce3

Color #79dce3

A moderately saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 12.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#79dce3

RGB

rgb(121, 220, 227)

HSL

hsl(184, 65.4%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184, 46.7%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 3.1%, 0%, 11%)

LAB

lab(82.27, -27.23, -12.46)

LCH

lch(82.27, 29.95, 204.59)

OKLCH

oklch(83.7%, 0.0936, 201.49)

HWB

hwb(184, 47.5%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e38079

Analogous

#79e3b5

#79dce3

#79a7e3

Triadic

#79dce3

#e379dc

#dce379

Split-complementary

#79dce3

#e379a7

#e3b579

Tetradic

#79dce3

#8079e3

#e38079

#dce379

Square

#79dce3

#b579e3

#e38079

#a7e379

Shades

Color #79dce3 mixed toward black.

#49cfd9

#28b6c0

#1e8890

#145b60

#0a2d30

Tints

Color #79dce3 mixed toward white.

#8fe2e8

#a6e8ec

#bcedf1

#d2f3f6

#e9f9fa

Tones

Color #79dce3 mixed toward gray.

#82d4da

#8bcdd1

#93c5c8

#9cbdc0

#a5b6b7

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.6:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#adaee1 · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#a79fe1 · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#80e0e0 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#cdcdcd · ΔE 21.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79dce3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79dce3]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79dce3 (#79dce3) is rgb(121, 220, 227) in RGB.

No, #79dce3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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