#4a8494

Color #4a8494

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.74 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4a8494

RGB

rgb(74, 132, 148)

HSL

hsl(193, 33.3%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193, 50%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(50%, 10.8%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(51.94, -14.4, -14.46)

LCH

lch(51.94, 20.41, 225.12)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0654, 217.61)

HWB

hwb(193, 29%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#945a4a

Analogous

#4a947f

#4a8494

#4a5f94

Triadic

#4a8494

#944a84

#84944a

Split-complementary

#4a8494

#944a5f

#947f4a

Tetradic

#4a8494

#5a4a94

#945a4a

#84944a

Square

#4a8494

#7f4a94

#945a4a

#5f944a

Shades

Color #4a8494 mixed toward black.

#3e6e7b

#315863

#25424a

#192c31

#0c1619

Tints

Color #4a8494 mixed toward white.

#5f9eaf

#7fb1bf

#9fc5cf

#bfd8df

#dfecef

Tones

Color #4a8494 mixed toward gray.

#50808e

#567d88

#5c7981

#63767b

#697275

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.02:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686990 · ΔE 21.9

Deuteranopia

#65608f · ΔE 23.8

Tritanopia

#4e8d8d · ΔE 8

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a8494;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a8494]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#4a8494 (#4a8494) is rgb(74, 132, 148) in RGB.

No, #4a8494 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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