#4c8489

Color #4c8489

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.91 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#4c8489

RGB

rgb(76, 132, 137)

HSL

hsl(184.9, 28.6%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.9, 44.5%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(51.66, -17.03, -8.47)

LCH

lch(51.66, 19.02, 206.44)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.0595, 203.03)

HWB

hwb(184.9, 29.8%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#89514c

Analogous

#4c8970

#4c8489

#4c6689

Triadic

#4c8489

#894c84

#84894c

Split-complementary

#4c8489

#894c66

#89704c

Tetradic

#4c8489

#514c89

#89514c

#84894c

Square

#4c8489

#704c89

#89514c

#66894c

Shades

Color #4c8489 mixed toward black.

#3f6e72

#33585b

#264245

#192c2e

#0d1617

Tints

Color #4c8489 mixed toward white.

#60a1a7

#80b4b8

#a0c7ca

#bfd9dc

#dfeced

Tones

Color #4c8489 mixed toward gray.

#518084

#567c7f

#5b777a

#607375

#666f70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.97:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.97:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696988 · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#666188 · ΔE 26.5

Tritanopia

#508787 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#7b7b7b · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c8489;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c8489]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4c8489 (#4c8489) is rgb(76, 132, 137) in RGB.

No, #4c8489 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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