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#4BD8CD

#4bd8cd ≈ Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#4bd8cd is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 29.41% red, 84.71% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 5.09% yellow and 15.29% black. Its hue angle is 175.32°, with 64.38% saturation and 57.06% 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 12:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 2.46.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5502

Complementary

  1. #4bd8cd
  2. #d84b56

Split complementary

  1. #4bd8cd
  2. #d84b9d
  3. #d8874b

Analogous

  1. #4bd887
  2. #4bd8cd
  3. #4b9dd8

Triadic

  1. #4bd8cd
  2. #cd4bd8
  3. #d8cd4b

Tetradic

  1. #4bd8cd
  2. #4b56d8
  3. #d84b56
  4. #d8cd4b

Square

  1. #4bd8cd
  2. #874bd8
  3. #d84b56
  4. #9dd84b

Monochromatic

  1. #19716a
  2. #26b0a6
  3. #4bd8cd
  4. #8ae6de
  5. #c9f3f0

Shades

#4bd8cd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4bd8cd
  2. #44c2b9
  3. #3cada4
  4. #359790
  5. #2d827b
  6. #266c67
  7. #1e5652
  8. #17413e
  9. #0f2b29
  10. #081615
  11. #000000

Tints

#4bd8cd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4bd8cd
  2. #5ddcd2
  3. #6fe0d7
  4. #81e4dc
  5. #93e8e1
  6. #a5ece6
  7. #b7efeb
  8. #c9f3f0
  9. #dbf7f5
  10. #edfbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4bd8cd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4bd8cd
  2. #50cfc5
  3. #56c6be
  4. #5bbeb6
  5. #60b5ae
  6. #66aca7
  7. #6ba39f
  8. #709a97
  9. #75928f
  10. #7b8988
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1ccc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cdcdcd ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b8bdce ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ddd4 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a8d1cd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #98c9ce ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dbd1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4bd8cd {
  color: #4bd8cd;
}
Background
.bg-4bd8cd {
  background-color: #4bd8cd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4bd8cd {
  border: 2px solid #4bd8cd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4bd8cd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 75 216 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 175 64% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4bd8cd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4bd8cd, #4b9dd8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4bd8cd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(75 216 205 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.46 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 2.60 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.11 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.00 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.50 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.11 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.70 #b42732 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#4bd8cd  rgb(75, 216, 205)  hsl(175, 64%, 57%)  Turquoise
#d84b56  rgb(216, 75, 86)  hsl(355, 64%, 57%)  Indian Red
#cd4bd8  rgb(205, 75, 216)  hsl(295, 64%, 57%)  Medium Orchid
#d8cd4b  rgb(216, 205, 75)  hsl(55, 64%, 57%)  Straw