#4b837f

Color #4b837f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.85 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4b837f

RGB

rgb(75, 131, 127)

HSL

hsl(175.7, 27.2%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.7, 42.7%, 51.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 3.1%, 48.6%)

LAB

lab(50.99, -19.47, -3.63)

LCH

lch(50.99, 19.81, 190.56)

OKLCH

oklch(57%, 0.0597, 189.75)

HWB

hwb(175.7, 29.4%, 48.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#834b4f

Analogous

#4b8363

#4b837f

#4b6b83

Triadic

#4b837f

#7f4b83

#837f4b

Split-complementary

#4b837f

#834b6b

#83634b

Tetradic

#4b837f

#4b4f83

#834b4f

#837f4b

Square

#4b837f

#634b83

#834b4f

#6b834b

Shades

Color #4b837f mixed toward black.

#3e6d6a

#325755

#254240

#192c2a

#0c1615

Tints

Color #4b837f mixed toward white.

#5ea39e

#7eb5b1

#9ec8c5

#bfdad8

#dfedec

Tones

Color #4b837f mixed toward gray.

#507e7b

#547a77

#597573

#5e706f

#626c6b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.33:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.85:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.85:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#686880 · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#656080 · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#4f8181 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b837f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b837f]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4b837f (#4b837f) is rgb(75, 131, 127) in RGB.

No, #4b837f 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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