#4c9ca5

Color #4c9ca5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.36 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4c9ca5

RGB

rgb(76, 156, 165)

HSL

hsl(186.1, 36.9%, 47.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.1, 53.9%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.9%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(59.91, -21.82, -12.18)

LCH

lch(59.91, 24.99, 209.17)

OKLCH

oklch(64.6%, 0.0791, 205.2)

HWB

hwb(186.1, 29.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5554c

Analogous

#4ca582

#4c9ca5

#4c70a5

Triadic

#4c9ca5

#a54c9c

#9ca54c

Split-complementary

#4c9ca5

#a54c70

#a5824c

Tetradic

#4c9ca5

#554ca5

#a5554c

#9ca54c

Square

#4c9ca5

#824ca5

#a5554c

#70a54c

Shades

Color #4c9ca5 mixed toward black.

#3f828a

#33686e

#264e53

#193437

#0d1a1c

Tints

Color #4c9ca5 mixed toward white.

#66b0b8

#84c0c6

#a3d0d5

#c2dfe3

#e0eff1

Tones

Color #4c9ca5 mixed toward gray.

#54969e

#5b9096

#628a8f

#6a8487

#717f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.18:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778a3 · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#726ca2 · ΔE 28.5

Tritanopia

#52a1a1 · ΔE 4

Achromatopsia

#909090 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4c9ca5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4c9ca5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4c9ca5 (#4c9ca5) is rgb(76, 156, 165) in RGB.

No, #4c9ca5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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