#4e8c94

Color #4e8c94

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.51 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e8c94

RGB

rgb(78, 140, 148)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 31%, 44.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 47.3%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(47.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 42%)

LAB

lab(54.57, -17.76, -10.49)

LCH

lch(54.57, 20.63, 210.57)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.0652, 206.33)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 30.6%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#94564e

Analogous

#4e9479

#4e8c94

#4e6994

Triadic

#4e8c94

#944e8c

#8c944e

Split-complementary

#4e8c94

#944e69

#94794e

Tetradic

#4e8c94

#564e94

#94564e

#8c944e

Square

#4e8c94

#794e94

#94564e

#69944e

Shades

Color #4e8c94 mixed toward black.

#41757b

#345d63

#27464a

#1a2f31

#0d1719

Tints

Color #4e8c94 mixed toward white.

#64a5ad

#83b7be

#a2c9ce

#c1dbde

#e0edef

Tones

Color #4e8c94 mixed toward gray.

#54878e

#5a8388

#5f7e82

#657a7d

#6b7577

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6f92 · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#6b6692 · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#539190 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e8c94;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e8c94]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4e8c94 (#4e8c94) is rgb(78, 140, 148) in RGB.

No, #4e8c94 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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