#4b98bd

Color #4b98bd

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.58 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4b98bd

RGB

rgb(75, 152, 189)

HSL

hsl(199.5, 46.3%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.5, 60.3%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(59.55, -12.66, -26.31)

LCH

lch(59.55, 29.2, 244.3)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0938, 231.58)

HWB

hwb(199.5, 29.4%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd704b

Analogous

#4bbda9

#4b98bd

#4b5fbd

Triadic

#4b98bd

#bd4b98

#98bd4b

Split-complementary

#4b98bd

#bd4b5f

#bda94b

Tetradic

#4b98bd

#704bbd

#bd704b

#98bd4b

Square

#4b98bd

#a94bbd

#bd704b

#5fbd4b

Shades

Color #4b98bd mixed toward black.

#3b80a1

#2f6681

#234d61

#183340

#0c1a20

Tints

Color #4b98bd mixed toward white.

#69a9c8

#87bad3

#a5ccde

#c3dde9

#e1eef4

Tones

Color #4b98bd mixed toward gray.

#5595b4

#5e91aa

#688ea1

#718b97

#7b878e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475b5 · ΔE 19.9

Deuteranopia

#706ab3 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#51aead · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b98bd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b98bd]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4b98bd (#4b98bd) is rgb(75, 152, 189) in RGB.

No, #4b98bd 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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