#4ca8d6

Color #4ca8d6

A moderately saturated medium blue.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 14 Nearest Tailwind class sky-500 #00a6f4 · ΔE 5.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4ca8d6

RGB

rgb(76, 168, 214)

HSL

hsl(200, 62.7%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200, 64.5%, 83.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 16.1%)

LAB

lab(65.27, -13.26, -31.42)

LCH

lch(65.27, 34.1, 247.12)

OKLCH

oklch(69.5%, 0.1099, 233.21)

HWB

hwb(200, 29.8%, 16.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d67a4c

Analogous

#4cd6bf

#4ca8d6

#4c63d6

Triadic

#4ca8d6

#d64ca8

#a8d64c

Split-complementary

#4ca8d6

#d64c63

#d6bf4c

Tetradic

#4ca8d6

#7a4cd6

#d67a4c

#a8d64c

Square

#4ca8d6

#bf4cd6

#d67a4c

#63d64c

Shades

Color #4ca8d6 mixed toward black.

#2d92c5

#24759d

#1b5876

#123a4f

#091d27

Tints

Color #4ca8d6 mixed toward white.

#6ab7dd

#88c5e4

#a6d4eb

#c3e2f1

#e1f1f8

Tones

Color #4ca8d6 mixed toward gray.

#58a4cb

#63a0bf

#6f9db4

#7a99a8

#86959d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.67:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.88:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.88:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fcc · ΔE 21.3

Deuteranopia

#7972ca · ΔE 24.1

Tritanopia

#54c4c2 · ΔE 18.3

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ca8d6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ca8d6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4ca8d6 (#4ca8d6) is rgb(76, 168, 214) in RGB.

No, #4ca8d6 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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