#4ed9ee

Color #4ed9ee

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 13.23 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#4ed9ee

RGB

rgb(78, 217, 238)

HSL

hsl(187.9, 82.5%, 62%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.9, 67.2%, 93.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(67.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)

LAB

lab(80.41, -30.6, -21.24)

LCH

lch(80.41, 37.25, 214.77)

OKLCH

oklch(81.9%, 0.1204, 209.33)

HWB

hwb(187.9, 30.6%, 6.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ee634e

Analogous

#4eeeb3

#4ed9ee

#4e89ee

Triadic

#4ed9ee

#ee4ed9

#d9ee4e

Split-complementary

#4ed9ee

#ee4e89

#eeb34e

Tetradic

#4ed9ee

#634eee

#ee634e

#d9ee4e

Square

#4ed9ee

#b34eee

#ee634e

#89ee4e

Shades

Color #4ed9ee mixed toward black.

#1ecfe9

#12a9c0

#0e7f90

#095560

#052a30

Tints

Color #4ed9ee mixed toward white.

#6cdff1

#89e6f4

#a7ecf7

#c4f2f9

#e2f9fc

Tones

Color #4ed9ee mixed toward gray.

#5bcfe1

#69c5d3

#76bcc6

#83b2b9

#91a8ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.48:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9ea0e9 · ΔE 29.5

Deuteranopia

#978ce8 · ΔE 33.6

Tritanopia

#5ce5e4 · ΔE 7.9

Achromatopsia

#c7c7c7 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #4ed9ee;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#4ed9ee]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Light Blue #add8e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#4ed9ee (#4ed9ee) is rgb(78, 217, 238) in RGB.

No, #4ed9ee is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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