#4a838a

Color #4a838a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.52 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#4a838a

RGB

rgb(74, 131, 138)

HSL

hsl(186.6, 30.2%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.6, 46.4%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(51.29, -16.73, -9.61)

LCH

lch(51.29, 19.29, 209.87)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.0609, 205.81)

HWB

hwb(186.6, 29%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a514a

Analogous

#4a8a71

#4a838a

#4a638a

Triadic

#4a838a

#8a4a83

#838a4a

Split-complementary

#4a838a

#8a4a63

#8a714a

Tetradic

#4a838a

#514a8a

#8a514a

#838a4a

Square

#4a838a

#714a8a

#8a514a

#638a4a

Shades

Color #4a838a mixed toward black.

#3e6d73

#31575c

#254245

#192c2e

#0c1617

Tints

Color #4a838a mixed toward white.

#5da0a8

#7eb3ba

#9ec6cb

#bed9dc

#dfecee

Tones

Color #4a838a mixed toward gray.

#4f7f85

#557b7f

#5a777a

#5f7275

#656e6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686888 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#646088 · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#4e8787 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 16.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a838a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a838a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4a838a (#4a838a) is rgb(74, 131, 138) in RGB.

No, #4a838a 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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