#4bb3cd

Color #4bb3cd

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.24 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4bb3cd

RGB

rgb(75, 179, 205)

HSL

hsl(192, 56.5%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(192, 63.4%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(68.12, -22.03, -22.08)

LCH

lch(68.12, 31.19, 225.06)

OKLCH

oklch(71.7%, 0.1017, 217.13)

HWB

hwb(192, 29.4%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd654b

Analogous

#4bcda6

#4bb3cd

#4b72cd

Triadic

#4bb3cd

#cd4bb3

#b3cd4b

Split-complementary

#4bb3cd

#cd4b72

#cda64b

Tetradic

#4bb3cd

#654bcd

#cd654b

#b3cd4b

Square

#4bb3cd

#a64bcd

#cd654b

#72cd4b

Shades

Color #4bb3cd mixed toward black.

#339cb7

#297d92

#1e5e6e

#143e49

#0a1f25

Tints

Color #4bb3cd mixed toward white.

#69c0d5

#87ccde

#a5d9e6

#c3e6ee

#e1f2f7

Tones

Color #4bb3cd mixed toward gray.

#56acc2

#61a6b7

#6c9fac

#7699a2

#819297

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.43:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586c7 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#7f77c6 · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#54c2c1 · ΔE 10.7

Achromatopsia

#a6a6a6 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4bb3cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4bb3cd]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Frequently asked questions

#4bb3cd (#4bb3cd) is rgb(75, 179, 205) in RGB.

No, #4bb3cd 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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