#4c9490

Color #4c9490

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.35 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4c9490

RGB

rgb(76, 148, 144)

HSL

hsl(176.7, 32.1%, 43.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.7, 48.6%, 58%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 42%)

LAB

lab(56.81, -23.54, -4.86)

LCH

lch(56.81, 24.04, 191.67)

OKLCH

oklch(61.9%, 0.0727, 190.71)

HWB

hwb(176.7, 29.8%, 42%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#944c50

Analogous

#4c946c

#4c9490

#4c7494

Triadic

#4c9490

#904c94

#94904c

Split-complementary

#4c9490

#944c74

#946c4c

Tetradic

#4c9490

#4c5094

#944c50

#94904c

Square

#4c9490

#6c4c94

#944c50

#74944c

Shades

Color #4c9490 mixed toward black.

#3f7b78

#336360

#264a48

#193130

#0d1918

Tints

Color #4c9490 mixed toward white.

#62aeaa

#81bebb

#a1cecc

#c0dfdd

#e0efee

Tones

Color #4c9490 mixed toward gray.

#528e8b

#588885

#5e8280

#647c7b

#6a7675

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#727391 · ΔE 26.8

Deuteranopia

#6e6891 · ΔE 30.2

Tritanopia

#529292 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 19.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c9490;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c9490]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4c9490 (#4c9490) is rgb(76, 148, 144) in RGB.

No, #4c9490 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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