#4a879c

Color #4a879c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.28 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4a879c

RGB

rgb(74, 135, 156)

HSL

hsl(195.4, 35.7%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.4, 52.6%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(52.6%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(53.15, -13.68, -17.28)

LCH

lch(53.15, 22.04, 231.63)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0708, 222.54)

HWB

hwb(195.4, 29%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c5f4a

Analogous

#4a9c88

#4a879c

#4a5e9c

Triadic

#4a879c

#9c4a87

#879c4a

Split-complementary

#4a879c

#9c4a5e

#9c884a

Tetradic

#4a879c

#5f4a9c

#9c5f4a

#879c4a

Square

#4a879c

#884a9c

#9c5f4a

#5e9c4a

Shades

Color #4a879c mixed toward black.

#3e7082

#315a68

#25434e

#192d34

#0c161a

Tints

Color #4a879c mixed toward white.

#619fb4

#80b2c3

#a0c5d2

#c0d8e1

#dfecf0

Tones

Color #4a879c mixed toward gray.

#518495

#58808e

#5e7d88

#657a81

#6c767a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.24:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a97 · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#666196 · ΔE 22.7

Tritanopia

#4e9393 · ΔE 10.2

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a879c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a879c]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#4a879c (#4a879c) is rgb(74, 135, 156) in RGB.

No, #4a879c is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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