#4fa5af

Color #4fa5af

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.81 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#4fa5af

RGB

rgb(79, 165, 175)

HSL

hsl(186.3, 37.8%, 49.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.3, 54.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(63.07, -22.96, -13.07)

LCH

lch(63.07, 26.42, 209.65)

OKLCH

oklch(67.3%, 0.0838, 205.53)

HWB

hwb(186.3, 31%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af594f

Analogous

#4faf89

#4fa5af

#4f75af

Triadic

#4fa5af

#af4fa5

#a5af4f

Split-complementary

#4fa5af

#af4f75

#af894f

Tetradic

#4fa5af

#594faf

#af594f

#a5af4f

Square

#4fa5af

#894faf

#af594f

#75af4f

Shades

Color #4fa5af mixed toward black.

#428992

#356e75

#275257

#1a373a

#0d1b1d

Tints

Color #4fa5af mixed toward white.

#6cb4bd

#89c3ca

#a7d2d7

#c4e1e4

#e2f0f2

Tones

Color #4fa5af mixed toward gray.

#579fa7

#5f989f

#679297

#6f8c8f

#778587

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.33:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.33:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7e7ead · ΔE 26.4

Deuteranopia

#7972ac · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#56abaa · ΔE 4.7

Achromatopsia

#999999 · ΔE 19.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4fa5af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4fa5af]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4fa5af (#4fa5af) is rgb(79, 165, 175) in RGB.

No, #4fa5af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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