#4ea5aa

Color #4ea5aa

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.07 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 10.4

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Conversions

HEX

#4ea5aa

RGB

rgb(78, 165, 170)

HSL

hsl(183.3, 37.1%, 48.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.3, 54.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(62.87, -24.58, -10.56)

LCH

lch(62.87, 26.75, 203.25)

OKLCH

oklch(67.1%, 0.0837, 200.43)

HWB

hwb(183.3, 30.6%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa534e

Analogous

#4eaa81

#4ea5aa

#4e77aa

Triadic

#4ea5aa

#aa4ea5

#a5aa4e

Split-complementary

#4ea5aa

#aa4e77

#aa814e

Tetradic

#4ea5aa

#534eaa

#aa534e

#a5aa4e

Square

#4ea5aa

#814eaa

#aa534e

#77aa4e

Shades

Color #4ea5aa mixed toward black.

#41898e

#346e71

#275255

#1a3739

#0d1b1c

Tints

Color #4ea5aa mixed toward white.

#69b6ba

#87c4c8

#a5d3d6

#c3e2e4

#e1f0f1

Tones

Color #4ea5aa mixed toward gray.

#569ea2

#5d979b

#659093

#6d8a8b

#748384

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7ea9 · ΔE 27

Deuteranopia

#7871a9 · ΔE 30.1

Tritanopia

#55a8a8 · ΔE 2.2

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ea5aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ea5aa]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#4ea5aa (#4ea5aa) is rgb(78, 165, 170) in RGB.

No, #4ea5aa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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