#4e8581

Color #4e8581

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.11 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e8581

RGB

rgb(78, 133, 129)

HSL

hsl(175.6, 26.1%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.6, 41.4%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.4%, 0%, 3%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(51.81, -19.18, -3.57)

LCH

lch(51.81, 19.51, 190.54)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0588, 189.69)

HWB

hwb(175.6, 30.6%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#854e52

Analogous

#4e8566

#4e8581

#4e6e85

Triadic

#4e8581

#814e85

#85814e

Split-complementary

#4e8581

#854e6e

#85664e

Tetradic

#4e8581

#4e5285

#854e52

#85814e

Square

#4e8581

#664e85

#854e52

#6e854e

Shades

Color #4e8581 mixed toward black.

#416f6c

#345956

#274341

#1a2c2b

#0d1616

Tints

Color #4e8581 mixed toward white.

#62a39e

#81b5b2

#a1c8c5

#c0dad8

#e0edec

Tones

Color #4e8581 mixed toward gray.

#53817d

#577c79

#5c7775

#607371

#656e6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.2:1

Aa Black text on this color

5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6b82 · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#676382 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#528383 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 17.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e8581;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e8581]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Turquoise #40e0d0

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4e8581 (#4e8581) is rgb(78, 133, 129) in RGB.

No, #4e8581 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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