#4e8987

Color #4e8987

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.29 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4e8987

RGB

rgb(78, 137, 135)

HSL

hsl(178, 27.4%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(178, 43.1%, 53.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(43.1%, 0%, 1.5%, 46.3%)

LAB

lab(53.23, -19.72, -4.96)

LCH

lch(53.23, 20.33, 194.12)

OKLCH

oklch(58.9%, 0.0619, 192.78)

HWB

hwb(178, 30.6%, 46.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#894e50

Analogous

#4e896a

#4e8987

#4e6e89

Triadic

#4e8987

#874e89

#89874e

Split-complementary

#4e8987

#894e6e

#896a4e

Tetradic

#4e8987

#4e5089

#894e50

#89874e

Square

#4e8987

#6a4e89

#894e50

#6e894e

Shades

Color #4e8987 mixed toward black.

#417271

#345b5a

#274544

#1a2e2d

#0d1717

Tints

Color #4e8987 mixed toward white.

#63a6a4

#82b8b6

#a1c9c8

#c0dbda

#e0eded

Tones

Color #4e8987 mixed toward gray.

#538483

#587f7e

#5d7a79

#627575

#677170

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.25:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.25:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d87 · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#696488 · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#528888 · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e8987;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e8987]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#4e8987 (#4e8987) is rgb(78, 137, 135) in RGB.

No, #4e8987 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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