#4e8a90

Color #4e8a90

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e8a90

RGB

rgb(78, 138, 144)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 29.7%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 45.8%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(53.82, -17.81, -9.29)

LCH

lch(53.82, 20.09, 207.55)

OKLCH

oklch(59.5%, 0.063, 203.96)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 30.6%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#90544e

Analogous

#4e9075

#4e8a90

#4e6990

Triadic

#4e8a90

#904e8a

#8a904e

Split-complementary

#4e8a90

#904e69

#90754e

Tetradic

#4e8a90

#544e90

#90544e

#8a904e

Square

#4e8a90

#754e90

#90544e

#69904e

Shades

Color #4e8a90 mixed toward black.

#417378

#345c60

#274548

#1a2e30

#0d1718

Tints

Color #4e8a90 mixed toward white.

#63a4ab

#82b6bb

#a2c8cc

#c1dbdd

#e0edee

Tones

Color #4e8a90 mixed toward gray.

#53858a

#598185

#5e7c7f

#64787a

#697374

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.36:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.36:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6e8f · ΔE 24.2

Deuteranopia

#6a658e · ΔE 26.8

Tritanopia

#528d8d · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 17.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e8a90;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e8a90]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4e8a90 (#4e8a90) is rgb(78, 138, 144) in RGB.

No, #4e8a90 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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