#4fb5cc

Color #4fb5cc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.05 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4fb5cc

RGB

rgb(79, 181, 204)

HSL

hsl(191, 55.1%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191, 61.3%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)

LAB

lab(68.8, -22.67, -20.49)

LCH

lch(68.8, 30.56, 222.11)

OKLCH

oklch(72.2%, 0.0992, 214.99)

HWB

hwb(191, 31%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cc664f

Analogous

#4fcca4

#4fb5cc

#4f77cc

Triadic

#4fb5cc

#cc4fb5

#b5cc4f

Split-complementary

#4fb5cc

#cc4f77

#cca44f

Tetradic

#4fb5cc

#664fcc

#cc664f

#b5cc4f

Square

#4fb5cc

#a44fcc

#cc664f

#77cc4f

Shades

Color #4fb5cc mixed toward black.

#359fb7

#2a7f92

#205f6e

#154049

#0b2025

Tints

Color #4fb5cc mixed toward white.

#6cc1d5

#8acedd

#a7dae6

#c4e6ee

#e2f3f7

Tones

Color #4fb5cc mixed toward gray.

#59afc2

#64a8b7

#6ea1ad

#799ba2

#839498

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.81:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888c7 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#827ac5 · ΔE 28.6

Tritanopia

#58c2c2 · ΔE 9.2

Achromatopsia

#a8a8a8 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4fb5cc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4fb5cc]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#4fb5cc (#4fb5cc) is rgb(79, 181, 204) in RGB.

No, #4fb5cc 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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