#4eb0bb

Color #4eb0bb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.45 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4eb0bb

RGB

rgb(78, 176, 187)

HSL

hsl(186.1, 44.5%, 52%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.1, 58.3%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.3%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(66.71, -25.3, -14.26)

LCH

lch(66.71, 29.04, 209.41)

OKLCH

oklch(70.3%, 0.0923, 205.34)

HWB

hwb(186.1, 30.6%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb594e

Analogous

#4ebb90

#4eb0bb

#4e7abb

Triadic

#4eb0bb

#bb4eb0

#b0bb4e

Split-complementary

#4eb0bb

#bb4e7a

#bb904e

Tetradic

#4eb0bb

#594ebb

#bb594e

#b0bb4e

Square

#4eb0bb

#904ebb

#bb594e

#7abb4e

Shades

Color #4eb0bb mixed toward black.

#3d96a0

#317880

#255a60

#193c40

#0c1e20

Tints

Color #4eb0bb mixed toward white.

#6cbdc6

#89cad2

#a7d7dd

#c4e5e8

#e2f2f4

Tones

Color #4eb0bb mixed toward gray.

#57a9b2

#60a2a9

#699aa0

#729397

#7c8c8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.25:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485b8 · ΔE 27.1

Deuteranopia

#7e77b8 · ΔE 30.1

Tritanopia

#56b6b6 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#a2a2a2 · ΔE 20.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4eb0bb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4eb0bb]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4eb0bb (#4eb0bb) is rgb(78, 176, 187) in RGB.

No, #4eb0bb 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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