#479dac

Color #479dac

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.41 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#479dac

RGB

rgb(71, 157, 172)

HSL

hsl(188.9, 41.6%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.9, 58.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(60.28, -21.32, -15.62)

LCH

lch(60.28, 26.43, 216.23)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.085, 210.64)

HWB

hwb(188.9, 27.8%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac5647

Analogous

#47ac88

#479dac

#476aac

Triadic

#479dac

#ac479d

#9dac47

Split-complementary

#479dac

#ac476a

#ac8847

Tetradic

#479dac

#5647ac

#ac5647

#9dac47

Square

#479dac

#8847ac

#ac5647

#6aac47

Shades

Color #479dac mixed toward black.

#3b838f

#2f6973

#234e56

#183439

#0c1a1d

Tints

Color #479dac mixed toward white.

#61b0be

#81c0cb

#a0d0d8

#c0dfe5

#dfeff2

Tones

Color #479dac mixed toward gray.

#4f97a3

#58919b

#608b93

#69858a

#717f82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.69:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.69:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677a9 · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#716aa8 · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#4ea6a5 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 19.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #479dac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#479dac]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Frequently asked questions

#479dac (#479dac) is rgb(71, 157, 172) in RGB.

No, #479dac 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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