#4b9fb2

Color #4b9fb2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.13 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4b9fb2

RGB

rgb(75, 159, 178)

HSL

hsl(191.1, 40.7%, 49.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.1, 57.9%, 69.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)

LAB

lab(61.22, -19.79, -17.55)

LCH

lch(61.22, 26.45, 221.57)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0855, 214.66)

HWB

hwb(191.1, 29.4%, 30.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b25e4b

Analogous

#4bb292

#4b9fb2

#4b6bb2

Triadic

#4b9fb2

#b24b9f

#9fb24b

Split-complementary

#4b9fb2

#b24b6b

#b2924b

Tetradic

#4b9fb2

#5e4bb2

#b25e4b

#9fb24b

Square

#4b9fb2

#924bb2

#b25e4b

#6bb24b

Shades

Color #4b9fb2 mixed toward black.

#3f8494

#326a77

#264f59

#19353b

#0d1a1e

Tints

Color #4b9fb2 mixed toward white.

#68afbf

#86bfcc

#a5cfd9

#c3dfe6

#e1eff2

Tones

Color #4b9fb2 mixed toward gray.

#549aa9

#5c94a1

#658f98

#6d8990

#768487

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7979ae · ΔE 24.5

Deuteranopia

#746dad · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#52aaa9 · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b9fb2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b9fb2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#4b9fb2 (#4b9fb2) is rgb(75, 159, 178) in RGB.

No, #4b9fb2 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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