#4a8fa1

Color #4a8fa1

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.76 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4a8fa1

RGB

rgb(74, 143, 161)

HSL

hsl(192.4, 37%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192.4, 54%, 63.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(54%, 11.2%, 0%, 36.9%)

LAB

lab(55.76, -16.55, -16.19)

LCH

lch(55.76, 23.15, 224.37)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.0746, 216.93)

HWB

hwb(192.4, 29%, 36.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a15c4a

Analogous

#4aa188

#4a8fa1

#4a64a1

Triadic

#4a8fa1

#a14a8f

#8fa14a

Split-complementary

#4a8fa1

#a14a64

#a1884a

Tetradic

#4a8fa1

#5c4aa1

#a15c4a

#8fa14a

Square

#4a8fa1

#884aa1

#a15c4a

#64a14a

Shades

Color #4a8fa1 mixed toward black.

#3e7786

#315f6b

#254851

#193036

#0c181b

Tints

Color #4a8fa1 mixed toward white.

#62a5b7

#81b7c5

#a1c9d4

#c0dbe2

#e0edf1

Tones

Color #4a8fa1 mixed toward gray.

#518b9a

#598793

#60828b

#677e84

#6e7a7d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f6f9d · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#6b659c · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#4f9a99 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a8fa1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a8fa1]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#4a8fa1 (#4a8fa1) is rgb(74, 143, 161) in RGB.

No, #4a8fa1 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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