#4290b3

Color #4290b3

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 11.95 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4290b3

RGB

rgb(66, 144, 179)

HSL

hsl(198.6, 46.1%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.6, 63.1%, 70.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.1%, 19.6%, 0%, 29.8%)

LAB

lab(56.44, -13.12, -25.46)

LCH

lch(56.44, 28.64, 242.74)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0927, 230.21)

HWB

hwb(198.6, 25.9%, 29.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b36542

Analogous

#42b39d

#4290b3

#4257b3

Triadic

#4290b3

#b34290

#90b342

Split-complementary

#4290b3

#b34257

#b39d42

Tetradic

#4290b3

#6542b3

#b36542

#90b342

Square

#4290b3

#9d42b3

#b36542

#57b342

Shades

Color #4290b3 mixed toward black.

#377895

#2c6077

#214859

#16303c

#0b181e

Tints

Color #4290b3 mixed toward white.

#5ea4c3

#7eb6cf

#9ec8db

#bedbe7

#dfedf3

Tones

Color #4290b3 mixed toward gray.

#4b8ca9

#5589a0

#5e8597

#68828d

#717e84

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.87:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.87:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6dab · ΔE 20.6

Deuteranopia

#6862a9 · ΔE 23

Tritanopia

#48a5a4 · ΔE 15.4

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4290b3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4290b3]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4290b3 (#4290b3) is rgb(66, 144, 179) in RGB.

No, #4290b3 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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