#4991a8

Color #4991a8

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.01 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4991a8

RGB

rgb(73, 145, 168)

HSL

hsl(194.5, 39.4%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.5, 56.5%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.5%, 13.7%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(56.58, -15.75, -18.95)

LCH

lch(56.58, 24.64, 230.27)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0797, 221.29)

HWB

hwb(194.5, 28.6%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a86049

Analogous

#49a890

#4991a8

#4962a8

Triadic

#4991a8

#a84991

#91a849

Split-complementary

#4991a8

#a84962

#a89049

Tetradic

#4991a8

#6049a8

#a86049

#91a849

Square

#4991a8

#9049a8

#a86049

#62a849

Shades

Color #4991a8 mixed toward black.

#3d798c

#316170

#254954

#183038

#0c181c

Tints

Color #4991a8 mixed toward white.

#63a6bb

#82b8c9

#a1c9d6

#c1dbe4

#e0edf1

Tones

Color #4991a8 mixed toward gray.

#518da0

#598998

#618590

#698188

#717d81

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f70a3 · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#6b66a2 · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#4f9f9e · ΔE 11

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4991a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4991a8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#4991a8 (#4991a8) is rgb(73, 145, 168) in RGB.

No, #4991a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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