#4ea4aa

Color #4ea4aa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.85 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#4ea4aa

RGB

rgb(78, 164, 170)

HSL

hsl(183.9, 37.1%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.9, 54.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.1%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(62.57, -24.08, -11.01)

LCH

lch(62.57, 26.48, 204.57)

OKLCH

oklch(66.8%, 0.0831, 201.47)

HWB

hwb(183.9, 30.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa544e

Analogous

#4eaa82

#4ea4aa

#4e76aa

Triadic

#4ea4aa

#aa4ea4

#a4aa4e

Split-complementary

#4ea4aa

#aa4e76

#aa824e

Tetradic

#4ea4aa

#544eaa

#aa544e

#a4aa4e

Square

#4ea4aa

#824eaa

#aa544e

#76aa4e

Shades

Color #4ea4aa mixed toward black.

#41898e

#346d71

#275255

#1a3739

#0d1b1c

Tints

Color #4ea4aa mixed toward white.

#69b5ba

#87c4c8

#a5d3d6

#c3e1e4

#e1f0f1

Tones

Color #4ea4aa mixed toward gray.

#569da2

#5d979b

#659093

#6d898b

#748384

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.21:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.21:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7da9 · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#7871a8 · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#55a7a7 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#979797 · ΔE 20

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ea4aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ea4aa]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4ea4aa (#4ea4aa) is rgb(78, 164, 170) in RGB.

No, #4ea4aa 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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