#4e898f

Color #4e898f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.16 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#4e898f

RGB

rgb(78, 137, 143)

HSL

hsl(185.5, 29.4%, 43.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.5, 45.5%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(53.48, -17.55, -9.22)

LCH

lch(53.48, 19.82, 207.72)

OKLCH

oklch(59.2%, 0.0622, 204.09)

HWB

hwb(185.5, 30.6%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f544e

Analogous

#4e8f74

#4e898f

#4e688f

Triadic

#4e898f

#8f4e89

#898f4e

Split-complementary

#4e898f

#8f4e68

#8f744e

Tetradic

#4e898f

#544e8f

#8f544e

#898f4e

Square

#4e898f

#744e8f

#8f544e

#688f4e

Shades

Color #4e898f mixed toward black.

#417277

#345b5f

#274447

#1a2e30

#0d1718

Tints

Color #4e898f mixed toward white.

#63a3aa

#82b6bb

#a1c8cc

#c1dadd

#e0edee

Tones

Color #4e898f mixed toward gray.

#538589

#598084

#5e7c7f

#647779

#697374

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6d8e · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#69648d · ΔE 26.7

Tritanopia

#528c8c · ΔE 2.8

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 17

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e898f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e898f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4e898f (#4e898f) is rgb(78, 137, 143) in RGB.

No, #4e898f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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