#4b838a

Color #4b838a

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.54 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4b838a

RGB

rgb(75, 131, 138)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 29.6%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 45.7%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(51.34, -16.47, -9.54)

LCH

lch(51.34, 19.03, 210.08)

OKLCH

oklch(57.4%, 0.0599, 205.92)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 29.4%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8a524b

Analogous

#4b8a72

#4b838a

#4b648a

Triadic

#4b838a

#8a4b83

#838a4b

Split-complementary

#4b838a

#8a4b64

#8a724b

Tetradic

#4b838a

#524b8a

#8a524b

#838a4b

Square

#4b838a

#724b8a

#8a524b

#648a4b

Shades

Color #4b838a mixed toward black.

#3f6d73

#32575c

#264245

#192c2e

#0d1617

Tints

Color #4b838a mixed toward white.

#5fa0a8

#7fb3b9

#9fc6cb

#bfd9dc

#dfecee

Tones

Color #4b838a mixed toward gray.

#507f85

#567b80

#5b777a

#607375

#656f70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686888 · ΔE 23.8

Deuteranopia

#656088 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#4f8787 · ΔE 3.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 16.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b838a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b838a]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4b838a (#4b838a) is rgb(75, 131, 138) in RGB.

No, #4b838a 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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