#4999ae

Color #4999ae

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.21 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4999ae

RGB

rgb(73, 153, 174)

HSL

hsl(192.5, 40.9%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.5, 58%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(58%, 12.1%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(59.21, -18.22, -18.36)

LCH

lch(59.21, 25.87, 225.22)

OKLCH

oklch(64.1%, 0.0837, 217.43)

HWB

hwb(192.5, 28.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae5e49

Analogous

#49ae90

#4999ae

#4966ae

Triadic

#4999ae

#ae4999

#99ae49

Split-complementary

#4999ae

#ae4966

#ae9049

Tetradic

#4999ae

#5e49ae

#ae5e49

#99ae49

Square

#4999ae

#9049ae

#ae5e49

#66ae49

Shades

Color #4999ae mixed toward black.

#3d7f91

#316674

#244c57

#18333a

#0c191d

Tints

Color #4999ae mixed toward white.

#65acbe

#83bccb

#a2cdd8

#c1dee5

#e0eef2

Tones

Color #4999ae mixed toward gray.

#5194a5

#5a8f9d

#628a95

#6b858c

#738084

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475a9 · ΔE 23.4

Deuteranopia

#7069a8 · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#50a5a4 · ΔE 9.7

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4999ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4999ae]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#4999ae (#4999ae) is rgb(73, 153, 174) in RGB.

No, #4999ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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