#4aada0

Color #4aada0

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 7.01 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4aada0

RGB

rgb(74, 173, 160)

HSL

hsl(172.1, 40.1%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.1, 57.2%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.2%, 0%, 7.5%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(64.87, -32.05, -2.03)

LCH

lch(64.87, 32.11, 183.62)

OKLCH

oklch(68.5%, 0.0945, 183.64)

HWB

hwb(172.1, 29%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad4a57

Analogous

#4aad6e

#4aada0

#4a88ad

Triadic

#4aada0

#a04aad

#ada04a

Split-complementary

#4aada0

#ad4a88

#ad6e4a

Tetradic

#4aada0

#4a57ad

#ad4a57

#ada04a

Square

#4aada0

#6e4aad

#ad4a57

#88ad4a

Shades

Color #4aada0 mixed toward black.

#3e9085

#31736b

#255650

#193a35

#0c1d1b

Tints

Color #4aada0 mixed toward white.

#65bdb2

#84cac1

#a3d8d1

#c2e5e0

#e0f2f0

Tones

Color #4aada0 mixed toward gray.

#52a59a

#5a9c94

#63948e

#6b8c88

#738481

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.7:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.78:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8182a3 · ΔE 29.4

Deuteranopia

#7b74a4 · ΔE 33.7

Tritanopia

#53a6a6 · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#9d9d9d · ΔE 22.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4aada0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4aada0]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4aada0 (#4aada0) is rgb(74, 173, 160) in RGB.

No, #4aada0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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