#4e859d

Color #4e859d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.08 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4e859d

RGB

rgb(78, 133, 157)

HSL

hsl(198.2, 33.6%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.2, 50.3%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(52.76, -11.32, -18.43)

LCH

lch(52.76, 21.63, 238.44)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0688, 227.94)

HWB

hwb(198.2, 30.6%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d664e

Analogous

#4e9d8e

#4e859d

#4e5e9d

Triadic

#4e859d

#9d4e85

#859d4e

Split-complementary

#4e859d

#9d4e5e

#9d8e4e

Tetradic

#4e859d

#664e9d

#9d664e

#859d4e

Square

#4e859d

#8e4e9d

#9d664e

#5e9d4e

Shades

Color #4e859d mixed toward black.

#416f83

#345969

#27434f

#1a2c34

#0d161a

Tints

Color #4e859d mixed toward white.

#669cb3

#85afc2

#a3c3d1

#c2d7e1

#e0ebf0

Tones

Color #4e859d mixed toward gray.

#558396

#5b8090

#627d89

#687b83

#6f787c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6b98 · ΔE 19.2

Deuteranopia

#676396 · ΔE 20.7

Tritanopia

#529392 · ΔE 12.2

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e859d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e859d]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4e859d (#4e859d) is rgb(78, 133, 157) in RGB.

No, #4e859d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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