#4c97af

Color #4c97af

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.89 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4c97af

RGB

rgb(76, 151, 175)

HSL

hsl(194.5, 39.4%, 49.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.5, 56.6%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(58.75, -16.24, -19.61)

LCH

lch(58.75, 25.46, 230.37)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0823, 221.36)

HWB

hwb(194.5, 29.8%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af644c

Analogous

#4caf95

#4c97af

#4c66af

Triadic

#4c97af

#af4c97

#97af4c

Split-complementary

#4c97af

#af4c66

#af954c

Tetradic

#4c97af

#644caf

#af644c

#97af4c

Square

#4c97af

#954caf

#af644c

#66af4c

Shades

Color #4c97af mixed toward black.

#3f7e92

#336575

#264b57

#19323a

#0d191d

Tints

Color #4c97af mixed toward white.

#69a9be

#87bacb

#a5cbd8

#c3dde5

#e1eef2

Tones

Color #4c97af mixed toward gray.

#5493a7

#5d8e9e

#658a96

#6d868e

#758286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.35:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475aa · ΔE 22.1

Deuteranopia

#706aa8 · ΔE 24.3

Tritanopia

#52a5a4 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#8d8d8d · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c97af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c97af]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#4c97af (#4c97af) is rgb(76, 151, 175) in RGB.

No, #4c97af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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