#4cb8db

Color #4cb8db

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 11.83 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#4cb8db

RGB

rgb(76, 184, 219)

HSL

hsl(194.7, 66.5%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.7, 65.3%, 85.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.3%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)

LAB

lab(70.13, -20.16, -26.69)

LCH

lch(70.13, 33.45, 232.93)

OKLCH

oklch(73.4%, 0.1096, 222.82)

HWB

hwb(194.7, 29.8%, 14.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#db6f4c

Analogous

#4cdbb6

#4cb8db

#4c70db

Triadic

#4cb8db

#db4cb8

#b8db4c

Split-complementary

#4cb8db

#db4c70

#dbb64c

Tetradic

#4cb8db

#6f4cdb

#db6f4c

#b8db4c

Square

#4cb8db

#b64cdb

#db6f4c

#70db4c

Shades

Color #4cb8db mixed toward black.

#29a4cd

#2184a4

#19637b

#104252

#082129

Tints

Color #4cb8db mixed toward white.

#6ac4e1

#88d0e7

#a5dbed

#c3e7f3

#e1f3f9

Tones

Color #4cb8db mixed toward gray.

#58b2cf

#64acc3

#70a6b7

#7ca0ab

#87999f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#898ad3 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#827ad1 · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#56cdcb · ΔE 14.1

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 20.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4cb8db;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4cb8db]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#4cb8db (#4cb8db) is rgb(76, 184, 219) in RGB.

No, #4cb8db 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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