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#79cab3

a balanced, soft cyan · cool · closest name: turquoise

RGB
121, 202, 179
HSL
163°, 43%, 63%
CMYK
40, 0, 11, 21
Luminance
0.4956

Every format

HEX#79cab3
RGBrgb(121, 202, 179)
HSLhsl(163, 43%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 11%, 21%)
LABlab(75.8 -30.1 3.7)
LCHlch(75.8 30.4 173.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.780 0.087 173.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #79cab3;
background-color: #79cab3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#79cab3] bg-[#79cab3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #79cab3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.475, green: 0.792, blue: 0.702)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#79cab3")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#79cab3 on white: 1.92:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#79cab3 on black: 10.91:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red47.5%
Green79.2%
Blue70.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan40.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow11.4%
Key (black)20.8%

Color previews

#79cab3 text on a black background

contrast 10.91:1

Card sample

#79cab3 text on a white background

contrast 1.92:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #79cab3;
Background color
Panel with #79cab3 background
background-color: #79cab3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #79cab3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(121, 202, 179, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(121, 202, 179, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #79cab3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79cab3, #79ABCA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #79cab3

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #79cab3 in the Color Lab