#449faa

Color #449faa

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.48 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#449faa

RGB

rgb(68, 159, 170)

HSL

hsl(186.5, 42.9%, 46.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.5, 60%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(60%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(60.72, -23.51, -13.83)

LCH

lch(60.72, 27.28, 210.47)

OKLCH

oklch(65.2%, 0.087, 206.12)

HWB

hwb(186.5, 26.7%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa4f44

Analogous

#44aa82

#449faa

#446caa

Triadic

#449faa

#aa449f

#9faa44

Split-complementary

#449faa

#aa446c

#aa8244

Tetradic

#449faa

#4f44aa

#aa4f44

#9faa44

Square

#449faa

#8244aa

#aa4f44

#6caa44

Shades

Color #449faa mixed toward black.

#39858e

#2d6a71

#225055

#173539

#0b1b1c

Tints

Color #449faa mixed toward white.

#5db4be

#7ec3cb

#9ed2d8

#bee1e5

#dff0f2

Tones

Color #449faa mixed toward gray.

#4d98a2

#559299

#5e8b91

#668488

#6f7e80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.09:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.79:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7777a7 · ΔE 26.8

Deuteranopia

#716aa7 · ΔE 29.6

Tritanopia

#4ca5a5 · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #449faa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#449faa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#449faa (#449faa) is rgb(68, 159, 170) in RGB.

No, #449faa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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