#4c97bb

Color #4c97bb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.61 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4c97bb

RGB

rgb(76, 151, 187)

HSL

hsl(199.5, 44.9%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(199.5, 59.4%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(59.21, -12.54, -25.7)

LCH

lch(59.21, 28.6, 243.99)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.0918, 231.37)

HWB

hwb(199.5, 29.8%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb704c

Analogous

#4cbba8

#4c97bb

#4c60bb

Triadic

#4c97bb

#bb4c97

#97bb4c

Split-complementary

#4c97bb

#bb4c60

#bba84c

Tetradic

#4c97bb

#704cbb

#bb704c

#97bb4c

Square

#4c97bb

#a84cbb

#bb704c

#60bb4c

Shades

Color #4c97bb mixed toward black.

#3c7f9f

#30667f

#244c5f

#183340

#0c1920

Tints

Color #4c97bb mixed toward white.

#6aa8c6

#88bad2

#a6cbdd

#c3dce8

#e1eef4

Tones

Color #4c97bb mixed toward gray.

#5594b2

#5f91a9

#688d9f

#718a96

#7a878d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.45:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7475b3 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#706ab1 · ΔE 22.2

Tritanopia

#52adab · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c97bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c97bb]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Charcoal #36454f

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4c97bb (#4c97bb) is rgb(76, 151, 187) in RGB.

No, #4c97bb 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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