#479eaa

Color #479eaa

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.28 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.3

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Conversions

HEX

#479eaa

RGB

rgb(71, 158, 170)

HSL

hsl(187.3, 41.1%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.3, 58.2%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.2%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(60.51, -22.43, -14.13)

LCH

lch(60.51, 26.51, 212.21)

OKLCH

oklch(65.1%, 0.0847, 207.5)

HWB

hwb(187.3, 27.8%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa5347

Analogous

#47aa85

#479eaa

#476daa

Triadic

#479eaa

#aa479e

#9eaa47

Split-complementary

#479eaa

#aa476d

#aa8547

Tetradic

#479eaa

#5347aa

#aa5347

#9eaa47

Square

#479eaa

#8547aa

#aa5347

#6daa47

Shades

Color #479eaa mixed toward black.

#3b848e

#2f6971

#244f55

#183539

#0c1a1c

Tints

Color #479eaa mixed toward white.

#61b2bd

#81c1ca

#a0d1d7

#c0e0e5

#dff0f2

Tones

Color #479eaa mixed toward gray.

#4f98a2

#58929a

#608b91

#688589

#707f81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.74:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.74:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778a7 · ΔE 25.9

Deuteranopia

#726ba7 · ΔE 28.8

Tritanopia

#4ea5a4 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #479eaa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#479eaa]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#479eaa (#479eaa) is rgb(71, 158, 170) in RGB.

No, #479eaa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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