#4a8686

Color #4a8686

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.16 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4a8686

RGB

rgb(74, 134, 134)

HSL

hsl(180, 28.8%, 40.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 44.8%, 52.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.8%, 0%, 0%, 47.5%)

LAB

lab(52.09, -19.45, -6.09)

LCH

lch(52.09, 20.38, 197.39)

OKLCH

oklch(58%, 0.0626, 195.57)

HWB

hwb(180, 29%, 47.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#864a4a

Analogous

#4a8668

#4a8686

#4a6886

Triadic

#4a8686

#864a86

#86864a

Split-complementary

#4a8686

#864a68

#86684a

Tetradic

#4a8686

#4a4a86

#864a4a

#86864a

Square

#4a8686

#684a86

#864a4a

#68864a

Shades

Color #4a8686 mixed toward black.

#3e7070

#315959

#254343

#192d2d

#0c1616

Tints

Color #4a8686 mixed toward white.

#5da5a5

#7db7b7

#9ec9c9

#bedbdb

#dfeded

Tones

Color #4a8686 mixed toward gray.

#4f8181

#547c7c

#597777

#5e7272

#636d6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696a86 · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#666186 · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#4e8686 · ΔE 0.7

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 17.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4a8686;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4a8686]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#4a8686 (#4a8686) is rgb(74, 134, 134) in RGB.

No, #4a8686 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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