#4494b5

Color #4494b5

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.85 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4494b5

RGB

rgb(68, 148, 181)

HSL

hsl(197.5, 45.4%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.5, 62.4%, 71%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.4%, 18.2%, 0%, 29%)

LAB

lab(57.79, -14.31, -24.51)

LCH

lch(57.79, 28.38, 239.72)

OKLCH

oklch(63%, 0.092, 227.99)

HWB

hwb(197.5, 26.7%, 29%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b56544

Analogous

#44b59d

#4494b5

#445bb5

Triadic

#4494b5

#b54494

#94b544

Split-complementary

#4494b5

#b5445b

#b59d44

Tetradic

#4494b5

#6544b5

#b56544

#94b544

Square

#4494b5

#9d44b5

#b56544

#5bb544

Shades

Color #4494b5 mixed toward black.

#397b97

#2d6379

#224a5a

#17313c

#0b191e

Tints

Color #4494b5 mixed toward white.

#61a7c4

#80b8cf

#a0cadb

#c0dce7

#dfedf3

Tones

Color #4494b5 mixed toward gray.

#4d90ac

#578ca2

#608899

#6a848f

#738086

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.42:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070ae · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#6b65ac · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#4ba8a6 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4494b5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4494b5]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4494b5 (#4494b5) is rgb(68, 148, 181) in RGB.

No, #4494b5 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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