#4fbbbb

Color #4fbbbb

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 8.7 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4fbbbb

RGB

rgb(79, 187, 187)

HSL

hsl(180, 44.3%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 57.8%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(70.03, -30.52, -9.3)

LCH

lch(70.03, 31.91, 196.95)

OKLCH

oklch(73%, 0.0982, 195.24)

HWB

hwb(180, 31%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bb4f4f

Analogous

#4fbb85

#4fbbbb

#4f85bb

Triadic

#4fbbbb

#bb4fbb

#bbbb4f

Split-complementary

#4fbbbb

#bb4f85

#bb854f

Tetradic

#4fbbbb

#4f4fbb

#bb4f4f

#bbbb4f

Square

#4fbbbb

#854fbb

#bb4f4f

#85bb4f

Shades

Color #4fbbbb mixed toward black.

#3ea0a0

#318080

#256060

#194040

#0c2020

Tints

Color #4fbbbb mixed toward white.

#6cc6c6

#8ad2d2

#a7dddd

#c4e8e8

#e2f4f4

Tones

Color #4fbbbb mixed toward gray.

#58b2b2

#61a9a9

#6aa0a0

#739797

#7c8e8e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.16:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.16:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8b8cbb · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#857dbb · ΔE 33

Tritanopia

#59bbbb · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#ababab · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4fbbbb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4fbbbb]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#4fbbbb (#4fbbbb) is rgb(79, 187, 187) in RGB.

No, #4fbbbb 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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