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#4BC5BC

#4bc5bc ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#4bc5bc is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 77.25% green and 73.73% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 61.93% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.57% yellow and 22.75% black. Its hue angle is 175.57°, with 51.26% saturation and 53.33% 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 10.01:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.4.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.4506

Complementary

  1. #4bc5bc
  2. #c54b54

Split complementary

  1. #4bc5bc
  2. #c54b91
  3. #c57f4b

Analogous

  1. #4bc57f
  2. #4bc5bc
  3. #4b91c5

Triadic

  1. #4bc5bc
  2. #bc4bc5
  3. #c5bc4b

Tetradic

  1. #4bc5bc
  2. #4b54c5
  3. #c54b54
  4. #c5bc4b

Square

  1. #4bc5bc
  2. #7f4bc5
  3. #c54b54
  4. #91c54b

Monochromatic

  1. #1d5a55
  2. #30948c
  3. #4bc5bc
  4. #85d8d2
  5. #bfeae7

Shades

#4bc5bc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4bc5bc
  2. #44b1a9
  3. #3c9e96
  4. #358a84
  5. #2d7671
  6. #26635e
  7. #1e4f4b
  8. #173b38
  9. #0f2726
  10. #081413
  11. #000000

Tints

#4bc5bc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4bc5bc
  2. #5dcbc3
  3. #6fd1c9
  4. #81d6d0
  5. #93dcd7
  6. #a5e2de
  7. #b7e8e4
  8. #c9eeeb
  9. #dbf3f2
  10. #edf9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4bc5bc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4bc5bc
  2. #50beb6
  3. #56b7b0
  4. #5bb0aa
  5. #60a9a4
  6. #66a39e
  7. #6b9c98
  8. #709592
  9. #758e8c
  10. #7b8786
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.1:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.01:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b3b3b3 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95bab7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bbbbbc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a8adbd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cac2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9abfbc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8cb7bd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #05c8c0 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4bc5bc {
  color: #4bc5bc;
}
Background
.bg-4bc5bc {
  background-color: #4bc5bc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4bc5bc {
  border: 2px solid #4bc5bc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4bc5bc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 197 188;
  --color-primary-hsl: 176 51% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4bc5bc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4bc5bc, #4b91c5);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4bc5bc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 197 188 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.40 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.05 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.16 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 4.98 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.11 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 5.62 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 6.82 #b43a43 Inverted #b3b3b3 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#4bc5bc  rgb(75, 197, 188)  hsl(176, 51%, 53%)  Medium Turquoise
#c54b54  rgb(197, 75, 84)  hsl(356, 51%, 53%)  Brick Red
#bc4bc5  rgb(188, 75, 197)  hsl(296, 51%, 53%)  Medium Orchid
#c5bc4b  rgb(197, 188, 75)  hsl(56, 51%, 53%)  Vegas Gold