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#4E8686

#4e8686 ≈ Dark Cyan

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4e8686 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 52.55% green and 52.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 41.79% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 47.45% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 26.42% saturation and 41.57% 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 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Cyan (#008b8b), ΔE 6.2.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2039

Complementary

  1. #4e8686
  2. #864e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e8686
  2. #864e6a
  3. #866a4e

Analogous

  1. #4e866a
  2. #4e8686
  3. #4e6a86

Triadic

  1. #4e8686
  2. #864e86
  3. #86864e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8686
  2. #4e4e86
  3. #864e4e
  4. #86864e

Square

  1. #4e8686
  2. #6a4e86
  3. #864e4e
  4. #6a864e

Monochromatic

  1. #162525
  2. #325656
  3. #4e8686
  4. #73aeae
  5. #a3caca

Shades

#4e8686 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8686
  2. #467979
  3. #3e6b6b
  4. #375e5e
  5. #2f5050
  6. #274343
  7. #1f3636
  8. #172828
  9. #101b1b
  10. #080d0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8686 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8686
  2. #609292
  3. #719e9e
  4. #83aaaa
  5. #95b6b6
  6. #a7c3c3
  7. #b8cfcf
  8. #cadbdb
  9. #dce7e7
  10. #edf3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8686 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8686
  2. #538585
  3. #588585
  4. #5d8484
  5. #628484
  6. #678383
  7. #6c8282
  8. #718282
  9. #768181
  10. #7b8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.14:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6d8181 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #7f8186 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #757a86 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #348986 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6f8386 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #687f86 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #408886 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8686 {
  color: #4e8686;
}
Background
.bg-4e8686 {
  background-color: #4e8686;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8686 {
  border: 2px solid #4e8686;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8686;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 134 134;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 26% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8686 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8686, #4e6a86);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8686 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 134 134 / 0.35);
}

#008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 6.20 #008080 Teal ΔE 6.78 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 7.05 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.29 #40826d Viridian ΔE 9.33 #01796f Pine Green ΔE 9.83 #367588 Teal Blue ΔE 10.42 #b17979 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Dark Cyan
#4e8686  rgb(78, 134, 134)  hsl(180, 26%, 42%)  Dark Cyan
#864e4e  rgb(134, 78, 78)  hsl(0, 26%, 42%)  Tuscan Red
#864e86  rgb(134, 78, 134)  hsl(300, 26%, 42%)  Deep Plum
#86864e  rgb(134, 134, 78)  hsl(60, 26%, 42%)  Moss Green