#4e868e

Color #4e868e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.66 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#4e868e

RGB

rgb(78, 134, 142)

HSL

hsl(187.5, 29.1%, 43.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.5, 45.1%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(52.53, -16.21, -10.07)

LCH

lch(52.53, 19.08, 211.85)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0602, 207.37)

HWB

hwb(187.5, 30.6%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e564e

Analogous

#4e8e76

#4e868e

#4e668e

Triadic

#4e868e

#8e4e86

#868e4e

Split-complementary

#4e868e

#8e4e66

#8e764e

Tetradic

#4e868e

#564e8e

#8e564e

#868e4e

Square

#4e868e

#764e8e

#8e564e

#668e4e

Shades

Color #4e868e mixed toward black.

#417076

#34595f

#274347

#1a2d2f

#0d1618

Tints

Color #4e868e mixed toward white.

#63a0a9

#82b3ba

#a1c6cc

#c1d9dd

#e0ecee

Tones

Color #4e868e mixed toward gray.

#538289

#597e83

#5e7a7e

#637679

#697273

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.1:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.12:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.12:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6b8c · ΔE 23.6

Deuteranopia

#67638c · ΔE 25.6

Tritanopia

#528b8a · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 16.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e868e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e868e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#4e868e (#4e868e) is rgb(78, 134, 142) in RGB.

No, #4e868e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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