#4697ba

Color #4697ba

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 13.58 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4697ba

RGB

rgb(70, 151, 186)

HSL

hsl(198.1, 45.7%, 50.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.1, 62.4%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(62.4%, 18.8%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(58.95, -14, -25.55)

LCH

lch(58.95, 29.13, 241.28)

OKLCH

oklch(64%, 0.0944, 229.17)

HWB

hwb(198.1, 27.5%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba6946

Analogous

#46baa3

#4697ba

#465dba

Triadic

#4697ba

#ba4697

#97ba46

Split-complementary

#4697ba

#ba465d

#baa346

Tetradic

#4697ba

#6946ba

#ba6946

#97ba46

Square

#4697ba

#a346ba

#ba6946

#5dba46

Shades

Color #4697ba mixed toward black.

#3a7e9b

#2e657c

#234c5d

#17323e

#0c191f

Tints

Color #4697ba mixed toward white.

#65a8c6

#84bad1

#a2cbdd

#c1dce8

#e0eef4

Tones

Color #4697ba mixed toward gray.

#5093b0

#598fa7

#638c9d

#6d8893

#76848a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7273b2 · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#6d67b0 · ΔE 23.5

Tritanopia

#4dacab · ΔE 15.1

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 18.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4697ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4697ba]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4697ba (#4697ba) is rgb(70, 151, 186) in RGB.

No, #4697ba 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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