#4ea5bb

Color #4ea5bb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.02 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4ea5bb

RGB

rgb(78, 165, 187)

HSL

hsl(192.1, 44.5%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.1, 58.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(63.44, -19.66, -19.22)

LCH

lch(63.44, 27.49, 224.35)

OKLCH

oklch(67.7%, 0.0891, 216.74)

HWB

hwb(192.1, 30.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb644e

Analogous

#4ebb9b

#4ea5bb

#4e6fbb

Triadic

#4ea5bb

#bb4ea5

#a5bb4e

Split-complementary

#4ea5bb

#bb4e6f

#bb9b4e

Tetradic

#4ea5bb

#644ebb

#bb644e

#a5bb4e

Square

#4ea5bb

#9b4ebb

#bb644e

#6fbb4e

Shades

Color #4ea5bb mixed toward black.

#3d8ca0

#317080

#255460

#193840

#0c1c20

Tints

Color #4ea5bb mixed toward white.

#6cb4c6

#89c3d2

#a7d2dd

#c4e1e8

#e2f0f4

Tones

Color #4ea5bb mixed toward gray.

#57a0b2

#609aa9

#6995a0

#728f97

#7c8a8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7eb6 · ΔE 24

Deuteranopia

#7871b5 · ΔE 26.6

Tritanopia

#55b2b1 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#9a9a9a · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ea5bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ea5bb]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#4ea5bb (#4ea5bb) is rgb(78, 165, 187) in RGB.

No, #4ea5bb is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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