#4b9189

Color #4b9189

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.57 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4b9189

RGB

rgb(75, 145, 137)

HSL

hsl(173.1, 31.8%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(173.1, 48.3%, 56.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 5.5%, 43.1%)

LAB

lab(55.64, -24.11, -2.58)

LCH

lch(55.64, 24.25, 186.11)

OKLCH

oklch(60.9%, 0.0721, 185.81)

HWB

hwb(173.1, 29.4%, 43.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#914b53

Analogous

#4b9166

#4b9189

#4b7691

Triadic

#4b9189

#894b91

#91894b

Split-complementary

#4b9189

#914b76

#91664b

Tetradic

#4b9189

#4b5391

#914b53

#91894b

Square

#4b9189

#664b91

#914b53

#76914b

Shades

Color #4b9189 mixed toward black.

#3e7972

#32615b

#254844

#19302e

#0c1817

Tints

Color #4b9189 mixed toward white.

#60ada4

#80bdb6

#9fcec8

#bfdeda

#dfefed

Tones

Color #4b9189 mixed toward gray.

#518b84

#578580

#5c7f7b

#627a77

#687472

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#70718b · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#6c668b · ΔE 30.6

Tritanopia

#508d8d · ΔE 3.9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b9189;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b9189]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4b9189 (#4b9189) is rgb(75, 145, 137) in RGB.

No, #4b9189 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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