#4b888e

Color #4b888e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.53 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4b888e

RGB

rgb(75, 136, 142)

HSL

hsl(185.4, 30.9%, 42.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.4, 47.2%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.2%, 4.2%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(53.01, -18.05, -9.36)

LCH

lch(53.01, 20.33, 207.41)

OKLCH

oklch(58.8%, 0.0638, 203.83)

HWB

hwb(185.4, 29.4%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e514b

Analogous

#4b8e72

#4b888e

#4b668e

Triadic

#4b888e

#8e4b88

#888e4b

Split-complementary

#4b888e

#8e4b66

#8e724b

Tetradic

#4b888e

#514b8e

#8e514b

#888e4b

Square

#4b888e

#724b8e

#8e514b

#668e4b

Shades

Color #4b888e mixed toward black.

#3e7176

#325b5f

#254447

#192d2f

#0c1718

Tints

Color #4b888e mixed toward white.

#5fa4ab

#7fb6bb

#9fc8cc

#bfdbdd

#dfedee

Tones

Color #4b888e mixed toward gray.

#508388

#567f83

#5c7a7d

#617678

#677172

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.21:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b8d · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#67628c · ΔE 27

Tritanopia

#4f8b8b · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b888e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b888e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4b888e (#4b888e) is rgb(75, 136, 142) in RGB.

No, #4b888e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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