#4aacba

Color #4aacba

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.43 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4aacba

RGB

rgb(74, 172, 186)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 44.8%, 51%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 60.2%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(60.2%, 7.5%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(65.36, -24.31, -15.76)

LCH

lch(65.36, 28.97, 212.96)

OKLCH

oklch(69.2%, 0.0928, 208.08)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 29%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba584a

Analogous

#4aba90

#4aacba

#4a74ba

Triadic

#4aacba

#ba4aac

#acba4a

Split-complementary

#4aacba

#ba4a74

#ba904a

Tetradic

#4aacba

#584aba

#ba584a

#acba4a

Square

#4aacba

#904aba

#ba584a

#74ba4a

Shades

Color #4aacba mixed toward black.

#3c919d

#30747e

#24575e

#183a3f

#0c1d1f

Tints

Color #4aacba mixed toward white.

#68bac6

#86c8d1

#a5d6dd

#c3e3e8

#e1f1f4

Tones

Color #4aacba mixed toward gray.

#53a5b1

#5d9ea7

#66979e

#6f9095

#79898b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081b7 · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#7b73b6 · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#53b4b4 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4aacba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4aacba]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#4aacba (#4aacba) is rgb(74, 172, 186) in RGB.

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

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