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#4E8D86

#4e8d86 ≈ Dark Cyan

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4e8d86 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 55.29% green and 52.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 44.68% cyan, 0% magenta, 4.96% yellow and 44.71% black. Its hue angle is 173.33°, with 28.77% saturation and 42.94% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.48:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Cyan (#008b8b), ΔE 5.9.

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Web safe#669999
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Relative luminance0.2239

Complementary

  1. #4e8d86
  2. #8d4e55

Split complementary

  1. #4e8d86
  2. #8d4e75
  3. #8d664e

Analogous

  1. #4e8d66
  2. #4e8d86
  3. #4e758d

Triadic

  1. #4e8d86
  2. #864e8d
  3. #8d864e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8d86
  2. #4e558d
  3. #8d4e55
  4. #8d864e

Square

  1. #4e8d86
  2. #664e8d
  3. #8d4e55
  4. #758d4e

Monochromatic

  1. #182a28
  2. #335c57
  3. #4e8d86
  4. #75b3ac
  5. #a6cec9

Shades

#4e8d86 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8d86
  2. #467f79
  3. #3e716b
  4. #37635e
  5. #2f5550
  6. #274743
  7. #1f3836
  8. #172a28
  9. #101c1b
  10. #080e0d
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8d86 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8d86
  2. #609892
  3. #71a49e
  4. #83afaa
  5. #95bbb6
  6. #a7c6c3
  7. #b8d1cf
  8. #cadddb
  9. #dce8e7
  10. #edf4f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8d86 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8d86
  2. #538c85
  3. #588a85
  4. #5d8984
  5. #628884
  6. #678783
  7. #6c8582
  8. #718482
  9. #768381
  10. #7b8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.48:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #828282 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #718784 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #878786 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7c7f87 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #33908b ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #758986 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6d8586 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3f8f89 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8d86 {
  color: #4e8d86;
}
Background
.bg-4e8d86 {
  background-color: #4e8d86;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8d86 {
  border: 2px solid #4e8d86;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8d86;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 141 134;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 29% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8d86 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8d86, #4e758d);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8d86 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 141 134 / 0.35);
}

#008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 5.90 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.27 #40826d Viridian ΔE 7.37 #008080 Teal ΔE 7.81 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 8.44 #01796f Pine Green ΔE 9.97 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 10.07 #b17279 Inverted #828282 Grayscale 

Dark Cyan
#4e8d86  rgb(78, 141, 134)  hsl(173, 29%, 43%)  Dark Cyan
#8d4e55  rgb(141, 78, 85)  hsl(353, 29%, 43%)  Cordovan
#864e8d  rgb(134, 78, 141)  hsl(293, 29%, 43%)  Deep Plum
#8d864e  rgb(141, 134, 78)  hsl(53, 29%, 43%)  Moss Green