#4cb3ba

Color #4cb3ba

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.26 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#4cb3ba

RGB

rgb(76, 179, 186)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 44.4%, 51.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 59.1%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(59.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(67.52, -27.45, -12.51)

LCH

lch(67.52, 30.17, 204.5)

OKLCH

oklch(71%, 0.0948, 201.4)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 29.8%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba534c

Analogous

#4cba8a

#4cb3ba

#4c7cba

Triadic

#4cb3ba

#ba4cb3

#b3ba4c

Split-complementary

#4cb3ba

#ba4c7c

#ba8a4c

Tetradic

#4cb3ba

#534cba

#ba534c

#b3ba4c

Square

#4cb3ba

#8a4cba

#ba534c

#7cba4c

Shades

Color #4cb3ba mixed toward black.

#3d989e

#31797e

#245b5f

#183d3f

#0c1e20

Tints

Color #4cb3ba mixed toward white.

#6ac0c6

#88ccd1

#a6d9dd

#c3e6e8

#e1f2f4

Tones

Color #4cb3ba mixed toward gray.

#55abb1

#5ea3a8

#689b9f

#719395

#7a8b8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.46:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8586b8 · ΔE 28.1

Deuteranopia

#8077b8 · ΔE 31.8

Tritanopia

#55b7b7 · ΔE 2.9

Achromatopsia

#a4a4a4 · ΔE 21.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4cb3ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4cb3ba]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4cb3ba (#4cb3ba) is rgb(76, 179, 186) in RGB.

No, #4cb3ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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