#4ed9dc

Color #4ed9dc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 5.35 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#4ed9dc

RGB

rgb(78, 217, 220)

HSL

hsl(181.3, 67%, 58.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(181.3, 64.5%, 86.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)

LAB

lab(79.85, -35.74, -12.49)

LCH

lch(79.85, 37.86, 199.26)

OKLCH

oklch(81.3%, 0.1175, 197.17)

HWB

hwb(181.3, 30.6%, 13.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dc514e

Analogous

#4edc98

#4ed9dc

#4e92dc

Triadic

#4ed9dc

#dc4ed9

#d9dc4e

Split-complementary

#4ed9dc

#dc4e92

#dc984e

Tetradic

#4ed9dc

#514edc

#dc514e

#d9dc4e

Square

#4ed9dc

#984edc

#dc514e

#92dc4e

Shades

Color #4ed9dc mixed toward black.

#29cccf

#21a3a6

#197a7c

#105153

#082929

Tints

Color #4ed9dc mixed toward white.

#6bdfe2

#89e6e8

#a6eced

#c4f2f3

#e1f9f9

Tones

Color #4ed9dc mixed toward gray.

#5aced0

#66c2c4

#71b7b8

#7dacad

#89a0a1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.71:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9ea0db · ΔE 31.1

Deuteranopia

#978cdb · ΔE 36

Tritanopia

#5cdbdb · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#c6c6c6 · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ed9dc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ed9dc]

Related colors

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#4ed9dc (#4ed9dc) is rgb(78, 217, 220) in RGB.

No, #4ed9dc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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