#4983ac

Color #4983ac

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 5.39 Nearest Tailwind class sky-600 #0084d1 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4983ac

RGB

rgb(73, 131, 172)

HSL

hsl(204.8, 40.4%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(204.8, 57.6%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(52.54, -6.66, -27.46)

LCH

lch(52.54, 28.26, 256.37)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0878, 241.19)

HWB

hwb(204.8, 28.6%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac7249

Analogous

#49aca3

#4983ac

#4952ac

Triadic

#4983ac

#ac4983

#83ac49

Split-complementary

#4983ac

#ac4952

#aca349

Tetradic

#4983ac

#7249ac

#ac7249

#83ac49

Square

#4983ac

#a349ac

#ac7249

#52ac49

Shades

Color #4983ac mixed toward black.

#3d6d8f

#315773

#244156

#182c39

#0c161d

Tints

Color #4983ac mixed toward white.

#6498bd

#83adca

#a2c1d7

#c1d6e5

#e0eaf2

Tones

Color #4983ac mixed toward gray.

#5182a4

#59809b

#627f93

#6a7d8b

#727c83

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.13:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.13:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6768a3 · ΔE 15.9

Deuteranopia

#645fa1 · ΔE 18.1

Tritanopia

#4d9c9a · ΔE 18.9

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 17.6

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #4983ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4983ac]

Related colors

Charcoal #36454f

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Steel Blue #4682b4

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Light Slate Gray #778899

Frequently asked questions

#4983ac (#4983ac) is rgb(73, 131, 172) in RGB.

No, #4983ac 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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