#4f899d

Color #4f899d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 12.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4f899d

RGB

rgb(79, 137, 157)

HSL

hsl(195.4, 33.1%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.4, 49.7%, 61.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)

LAB

lab(54.01, -13.3, -16.52)

LCH

lch(54.01, 21.21, 231.16)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0679, 222.31)

HWB

hwb(195.4, 31%, 38.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9d634f

Analogous

#4f9d8a

#4f899d

#4f629d

Triadic

#4f899d

#9d4f89

#899d4f

Split-complementary

#4f899d

#9d4f62

#9d8a4f

Tetradic

#4f899d

#634f9d

#9d634f

#899d4f

Square

#4f899d

#8a4f9d

#9d634f

#629d4f

Shades

Color #4f899d mixed toward black.

#427283

#355b69

#27454f

#1a2e34

#0d171a

Tints

Color #4f899d mixed toward white.

#679fb3

#85b2c2

#a4c6d1

#c2d9e0

#e1ecf0

Tones

Color #4f899d mixed toward gray.

#558697

#5c8390

#63808a

#697c83

#70797d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.4:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d98 · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#696597 · ΔE 22.4

Tritanopia

#539594 · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 16.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4f899d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4f899d]

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Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

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Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#4f899d (#4f899d) is rgb(79, 137, 157) in RGB.

No, #4f899d 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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