#4c9797

Color #4c9797

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.75 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4c9797

RGB

rgb(76, 151, 151)

HSL

hsl(180, 33%, 44.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 49.7%, 59.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)

LAB

lab(57.94, -23.17, -7.17)

LCH

lch(57.94, 24.25, 197.19)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0746, 195.4)

HWB

hwb(180, 29.8%, 40.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#974c4c

Analogous

#4c9771

#4c9797

#4c7197

Triadic

#4c9797

#974c97

#97974c

Split-complementary

#4c9797

#974c71

#97714c

Tetradic

#4c9797

#4c4c97

#974c4c

#97974c

Square

#4c9797

#714c97

#974c4c

#71974c

Shades

Color #4c9797 mixed toward black.

#3f7e7e

#336565

#264b4b

#193232

#0d1919

Tints

Color #4c9797 mixed toward white.

#62b0b0

#82c0c0

#a1d0d0

#c0dfdf

#e0efef

Tones

Color #4c9797 mixed toward gray.

#529191

#598a8a

#5f8484

#657e7e

#6b7878

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.18:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#747597 · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#706a97 · ΔE 29.7

Tritanopia

#529797 · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#8b8b8b · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c9797;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c9797]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#4c9797 (#4c9797) is rgb(76, 151, 151) in RGB.

No, #4c9797 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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