#4ea8ae

Color #4ea8ae

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.09 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4ea8ae

RGB

rgb(78, 168, 174)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 38.1%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 55.2%, 68.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.2%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)

LAB

lab(63.9, -24.97, -11.26)

LCH

lch(63.9, 27.39, 204.27)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0859, 201.22)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 30.6%, 31.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ae544e

Analogous

#4eae84

#4ea8ae

#4e78ae

Triadic

#4ea8ae

#ae4ea8

#a8ae4e

Split-complementary

#4ea8ae

#ae4e78

#ae844e

Tetradic

#4ea8ae

#544eae

#ae544e

#a8ae4e

Square

#4ea8ae

#844eae

#ae544e

#78ae4e

Shades

Color #4ea8ae mixed toward black.

#418c91

#347074

#275457

#1a383a

#0d1c1d

Tints

Color #4ea8ae mixed toward white.

#6bb7bc

#88c6ca

#a6d4d7

#c4e2e4

#e1f1f2

Tones

Color #4ea8ae mixed toward gray.

#56a1a6

#5e9a9e

#669396

#6e8c8e

#768586

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.79:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80ad · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#7a73ac · ΔE 30.2

Tritanopia

#56abab · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 20.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ea8ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ea8ae]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4ea8ae (#4ea8ae) is rgb(78, 168, 174) in RGB.

No, #4ea8ae 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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