#4ca8c3

Color #4ca8c3

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.98 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4ca8c3

RGB

rgb(76, 168, 195)

HSL

hsl(193.6, 49.8%, 53.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.6, 61%, 76.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(61%, 13.8%, 0%, 23.5%)

LAB

lab(64.55, -19.19, -22)

LCH

lch(64.55, 29.19, 228.9)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.0951, 220.05)

HWB

hwb(193.6, 29.8%, 23.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c3674c

Analogous

#4cc3a2

#4ca8c3

#4c6cc3

Triadic

#4ca8c3

#c34ca8

#a8c34c

Split-complementary

#4ca8c3

#c34c6c

#c3a24c

Tetradic

#4ca8c3

#674cc3

#c3674c

#a8c34c

Square

#4ca8c3

#a24cc3

#c3674c

#6cc34c

Shades

Color #4ca8c3 mixed toward black.

#3990a9

#2d7387

#225665

#173944

#0b1d22

Tints

Color #4ca8c3 mixed toward white.

#6ab6cd

#88c5d7

#a5d3e1

#c3e2eb

#e1f0f5

Tones

Color #4ca8c3 mixed toward gray.

#56a3b9

#609daf

#6a98a5

#74929b

#7d8d91

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fbd · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#7972bb · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#54b8b7 · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ca8c3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ca8c3]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#4ca8c3 (#4ca8c3) is rgb(76, 168, 195) in RGB.

No, #4ca8c3 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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