#4a8ea0

Color #4a8ea0

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.96 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4a8ea0

RGB

rgb(74, 142, 160)

HSL

hsl(192.6, 36.8%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.6, 53.8%, 62.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)

LAB

lab(55.42, -16.31, -16.13)

LCH

lch(55.42, 22.94, 224.68)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0739, 217.13)

HWB

hwb(192.6, 29%, 37.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a05c4a

Analogous

#4aa087

#4a8ea0

#4a63a0

Triadic

#4a8ea0

#a04a8e

#8ea04a

Split-complementary

#4a8ea0

#a04a63

#a0874a

Tetradic

#4a8ea0

#5c4aa0

#a05c4a

#8ea04a

Square

#4a8ea0

#874aa0

#a05c4a

#63a04a

Shades

Color #4a8ea0 mixed toward black.

#3e7685

#315f6b

#254750

#192f35

#0c181b

Tints

Color #4a8ea0 mixed toward white.

#62a5b6

#81b7c5

#a1c9d3

#c0dbe2

#e0edf0

Tones

Color #4a8ea0 mixed toward gray.

#518a99

#588692

#60828b

#677d83

#6e797c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.67:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.67:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6f9c · ΔE 22.7

Deuteranopia

#6a659b · ΔE 24.6

Tritanopia

#4f9998 · ΔE 9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a8ea0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a8ea0]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Frequently asked questions

#4a8ea0 (#4a8ea0) is rgb(74, 142, 160) in RGB.

No, #4a8ea0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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