#4e9dbe

Color #4e9dbe

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4e9dbe

RGB

rgb(78, 157, 190)

HSL

hsl(197.7, 46.3%, 52.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.7, 58.9%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.9%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(61.18, -14.49, -24.36)

LCH

lch(61.18, 28.34, 239.25)

OKLCH

oklch(65.9%, 0.0915, 227.88)

HWB

hwb(197.7, 30.6%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#be6f4e

Analogous

#4ebea7

#4e9dbe

#4e65be

Triadic

#4e9dbe

#be4e9d

#9dbe4e

Split-complementary

#4e9dbe

#be4e65

#bea74e

Tetradic

#4e9dbe

#6f4ebe

#be6f4e

#9dbe4e

Square

#4e9dbe

#a74ebe

#be6f4e

#65be4e

Shades

Color #4e9dbe mixed toward black.

#3c85a3

#306a83

#245062

#183541

#0c1b21

Tints

Color #4e9dbe mixed toward white.

#6badc9

#89bed4

#a6cede

#c4dee9

#e1eff4

Tones

Color #4e9dbe mixed toward gray.

#5799b5

#6095ab

#6a91a2

#738e99

#7d8a8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879b7 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#746eb5 · ΔE 23.2

Tritanopia

#54b1af · ΔE 14.7

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e9dbe;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e9dbe]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#4e9dbe (#4e9dbe) is rgb(78, 157, 190) in RGB.

No, #4e9dbe is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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