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#4AAEAA

#4aaeaa ≈ Verdigris

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4aaeaa is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.02% red, 68.24% green and 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 57.47% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.3% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 177.6°, with 40.32% saturation and 48.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.93:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Verdigris (#43b3ae), ΔE 1.6.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3463

Complementary

  1. #4aaeaa
  2. #ae4a4e

Split complementary

  1. #4aaeaa
  2. #ae4a80
  3. #ae784a

Analogous

  1. #4aae78
  2. #4aaeaa
  3. #4a80ae

Triadic

  1. #4aaeaa
  2. #aa4aae
  3. #aeaa4a

Tetradic

  1. #4aaeaa
  2. #4a4eae
  3. #ae4a4e
  4. #aeaa4a

Square

  1. #4aaeaa
  2. #784aae
  3. #ae4a4e
  4. #80ae4a

Monochromatic

  1. #1c4341
  2. #337876
  3. #4aaeaa
  4. #7dc8c5
  5. #b3dedd

Shades

#4aaeaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4aaeaa
  2. #439d99
  3. #3b8b88
  4. #347a77
  5. #2c6866
  6. #255755
  7. #1e4644
  8. #163433
  9. #0f2322
  10. #071111
  11. #000000

Tints

#4aaeaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4aaeaa
  2. #5cb6b3
  3. #6ebebb
  4. #80c6c4
  5. #92cecc
  6. #a5d7d5
  7. #b7dfdd
  8. #c9e7e6
  9. #dbefee
  10. #edf7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4aaeaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4aaeaa
  2. #4fa9a6
  3. #55a5a2
  4. #5aa09d
  5. #609c99
  6. #659795
  7. #6a9291
  8. #708e8d
  9. #758988
  10. #7b8584
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.65:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.93:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9f9f9f ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #85a5a3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a6aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #949aab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b2ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #89a9aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7da2ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #22b1ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4aaeaa {
  color: #4aaeaa;
}
Background
.bg-4aaeaa {
  background-color: #4aaeaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4aaeaa {
  border: 2px solid #4aaeaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4aaeaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 74 174 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 40% 49%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4aaeaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4aaeaa, #4a80ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4aaeaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(74 174 170 / 0.35);
}

#43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 1.60 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.22 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.38 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.48 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 7.25 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.46 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.11 #b55155 Inverted #9f9f9f Grayscale 

Verdigris
#4aaeaa  rgb(74, 174, 170)  hsl(178, 40%, 49%)  Verdigris
#ae4a4e  rgb(174, 74, 78)  hsl(358, 40%, 49%)  Redwood
#aa4aae  rgb(170, 74, 174)  hsl(298, 40%, 49%)  Purpureus
#aeaa4a  rgb(174, 170, 74)  hsl(58, 40%, 49%)  Brass