#4c8397

Color #4c8397

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 11.88 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4c8397

RGB

rgb(76, 131, 151)

HSL

hsl(196, 33%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196, 49.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(51.84, -12.47, -16.36)

LCH

lch(51.84, 20.57, 232.68)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0658, 223.52)

HWB

hwb(196, 29.8%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#97604c

Analogous

#4c9785

#4c8397

#4c5e97

Triadic

#4c8397

#974c83

#83974c

Split-complementary

#4c8397

#974c5e

#97854c

Tetradic

#4c8397

#604c97

#97604c

#83974c

Square

#4c8397

#854c97

#97604c

#5e974c

Shades

Color #4c8397 mixed toward black.

#3f6d7e

#335765

#26414b

#192c32

#0d1619

Tints

Color #4c8397 mixed toward white.

#629bb0

#82afc0

#a1c3d0

#c0d7df

#e0ebef

Tones

Color #4c8397 mixed toward gray.

#528091

#597d8a

#5f7a84

#65777e

#6b7478

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686992 · ΔE 20.4

Deuteranopia

#656191 · ΔE 21.9

Tritanopia

#508f8e · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 15.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #4c8397;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c8397]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#4c8397 (#4c8397) is rgb(76, 131, 151) in RGB.

No, #4c8397 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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