#4e959b

Color #4e959b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 4.55 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#4e959b

RGB

rgb(78, 149, 155)

HSL

hsl(184.7, 33%, 45.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.7, 49.7%, 60.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)

LAB

lab(57.54, -20.56, -10.05)

LCH

lch(57.54, 22.88, 206.05)

OKLCH

oklch(62.6%, 0.0719, 202.68)

HWB

hwb(184.7, 30.6%, 39.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9b544e

Analogous

#4e9b7b

#4e959b

#4e6f9b

Triadic

#4e959b

#9b4e95

#959b4e

Split-complementary

#4e959b

#9b4e6f

#9b7b4e

Tetradic

#4e959b

#544e9b

#9b544e

#959b4e

Square

#4e959b

#7b4e9b

#9b544e

#6f9b4e

Shades

Color #4e959b mixed toward black.

#417c81

#346367

#274a4d

#1a3234

#0d191a

Tints

Color #4e959b mixed toward white.

#66acb2

#84bcc1

#a3cdd1

#c2dee0

#e0eef0

Tones

Color #4e959b mixed toward gray.

#549095

#5b8a8e

#618588

#687f81

#6e7a7b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.44:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.1:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.1:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#74749a · ΔE 25.8

Deuteranopia

#6f6a99 · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#539898 · ΔE 2.7

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 18.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4e959b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4e959b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#4e959b (#4e959b) is rgb(78, 149, 155) in RGB.

No, #4e959b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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