#4e839b

Color #4e839b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.64 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4e839b

RGB

rgb(78, 131, 155)

HSL

hsl(198.7, 33%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.7, 49.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(52.08, -10.8, -18.31)

LCH

lch(52.08, 21.26, 239.47)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.0674, 228.79)

HWB

hwb(198.7, 30.6%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b664e

Analogous

#4e9b8d

#4e839b

#4e5d9b

Triadic

#4e839b

#9b4e83

#839b4e

Split-complementary

#4e839b

#9b4e5d

#9b8d4e

Tetradic

#4e839b

#664e9b

#9b664e

#839b4e

Square

#4e839b

#8d4e9b

#9b664e

#5d9b4e

Shades

Color #4e839b mixed toward black.

#416d81

#345767

#27424d

#1a2c34

#0d161a

Tints

Color #4e839b mixed toward white.

#669ab2

#84aec1

#a3c2d1

#c2d7e0

#e0ebf0

Tones

Color #4e839b mixed toward gray.

#548195

#5b7e8e

#617c88

#687981

#6e777b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.04:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696a96 · ΔE 18.8

Deuteranopia

#666294 · ΔE 20.3

Tritanopia

#529190 · ΔE 12.3

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e839b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e839b]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4e839b (#4e839b) is rgb(78, 131, 155) in RGB.

No, #4e839b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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