#4ac3cd

Color #4ac3cd

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 10.28 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 7.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4ac3cd

RGB

rgb(74, 195, 205)

HSL

hsl(184.6, 56.7%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.6, 63.9%, 80.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(63.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)

LAB

lab(72.82, -30.17, -14.96)

LCH

lch(72.82, 33.68, 206.37)

OKLCH

oklch(75.4%, 0.1066, 202.91)

HWB

hwb(184.6, 29%, 19.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cd544a

Analogous

#4acd96

#4ac3cd

#4a81cd

Triadic

#4ac3cd

#cd4ac3

#c3cd4a

Split-complementary

#4ac3cd

#cd4a81

#cd964a

Tetradic

#4ac3cd

#544acd

#cd544a

#c3cd4a

Square

#4ac3cd

#964acd

#cd544a

#81cd4a

Shades

Color #4ac3cd mixed toward black.

#32acb6

#288a92

#1e676d

#144549

#0a2224

Tints

Color #4ac3cd mixed toward white.

#68cdd5

#86d7de

#a4e1e6

#c3ebee

#e1f5f7

Tones

Color #4ac3cd mixed toward gray.

#55bac2

#60b0b7

#6ba7ac

#769ea1

#819596

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90cb · ΔE 29.3

Deuteranopia

#887fca · ΔE 33.2

Tritanopia

#56c9c8 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#b3b3b3 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ac3cd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ac3cd]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4ac3cd (#4ac3cd) is rgb(74, 195, 205) in RGB.

No, #4ac3cd is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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