#4b9ba5

Color #4b9ba5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.81 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4b9ba5

RGB

rgb(75, 155, 165)

HSL

hsl(186.7, 37.5%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.7, 54.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.5%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(59.57, -21.52, -12.7)

LCH

lch(59.57, 24.99, 210.55)

OKLCH

oklch(64.3%, 0.0794, 206.24)

HWB

hwb(186.7, 29.4%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5554b

Analogous

#4ba582

#4b9ba5

#4b6ea5

Triadic

#4b9ba5

#a54b9b

#9ba54b

Split-complementary

#4b9ba5

#a54b6e

#a5824b

Tetradic

#4b9ba5

#554ba5

#a5554b

#9ba54b

Square

#4b9ba5

#824ba5

#a5554b

#6ea54b

Shades

Color #4b9ba5 mixed toward black.

#3f818a

#32676e

#264e53

#193437

#0d1a1c

Tints

Color #4b9ba5 mixed toward white.

#64afb9

#83bfc7

#a2cfd5

#c1dfe3

#e0eff1

Tones

Color #4b9ba5 mixed toward gray.

#53959e

#5a8f96

#628a8f

#698487

#717e80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.53:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.53:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677a3 · ΔE 25.7

Deuteranopia

#726ba2 · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#51a1a0 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#8f8f8f · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4b9ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4b9ba5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4b9ba5 (#4b9ba5) is rgb(75, 155, 165) in RGB.

No, #4b9ba5 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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