#4b797e

Color #4b797e

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 13.46 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4b797e

RGB

rgb(75, 121, 126)

HSL

hsl(185.9, 25.4%, 39.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.9, 40.5%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.5%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(47.85, -14.31, -7.7)

LCH

lch(47.85, 16.25, 208.28)

OKLCH

oklch(54.5%, 0.0509, 204.5)

HWB

hwb(185.9, 29.4%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e504b

Analogous

#4b7e69

#4b797e

#4b5f7e

Triadic

#4b797e

#7e4b79

#797e4b

Split-complementary

#4b797e

#7e4b5f

#7e694b

Tetradic

#4b797e

#504b7e

#7e504b

#797e4b

Square

#4b797e

#694b7e

#7e504b

#5f7e4b

Shades

Color #4b797e mixed toward black.

#3e6569

#325154

#253c3f

#19282a

#0c1415

Tints

Color #4b797e mixed toward white.

#5e989e

#7eadb2

#9ec2c5

#bed6d9

#dfebec

Tones

Color #4b797e mixed toward gray.

#4f767a

#537275

#586f71

#5c6b6d

#606869

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.34:1

White text reads better on this background (4.84:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62637d · ΔE 21.4

Deuteranopia

#5f5c7d · ΔE 24.2

Tritanopia

#4e7c7c · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 15

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b797e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b797e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4b797e (#4b797e) is rgb(75, 121, 126) in RGB.

No, #4b797e 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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