#4b9b96

Color #4b9b96

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.84 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4b9b96

RGB

rgb(75, 155, 150)

HSL

hsl(176.3, 34.8%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.3, 51.6%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(59.1, -25.7, -4.89)

LCH

lch(59.1, 26.16, 190.77)

OKLCH

oklch(63.8%, 0.0789, 189.93)

HWB

hwb(176.3, 29.4%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b4b50

Analogous

#4b9b6e

#4b9b96

#4b789b

Triadic

#4b9b96

#964b9b

#9b964b

Split-complementary

#4b9b96

#9b4b78

#9b6e4b

Tetradic

#4b9b96

#4b509b

#9b4b50

#9b964b

Square

#4b9b96

#6e4b9b

#9b4b50

#789b4b

Shades

Color #4b9b96 mixed toward black.

#3e817d

#326764

#254e4b

#193432

#0c1a19

Tints

Color #4b9b96 mixed toward white.

#62b3ae

#81c2be

#a1d1ce

#c0e1df

#e0f0ef

Tones

Color #4b9b96 mixed toward gray.

#529490

#588e8a

#5f8785

#66807f

#6c7a79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.27:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.43:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.43:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#767797 · ΔE 27.6

Deuteranopia

#726b98 · ΔE 31.2

Tritanopia

#519898 · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#8e8e8e · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b9b96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b9b96]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4b9b96 (#4b9b96) is rgb(75, 155, 150) in RGB.

No, #4b9b96 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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