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#4E8A8A

#4e8a8a ≈ Dark Cyan

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#4e8a8a is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 30.59% red, 54.12% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 43.48% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 27.78% saturation and 42.35% 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 5.33:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Dark Cyan (#008b8b), ΔE 5.75.

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Relative luminance0.2163

Complementary

  1. #4e8a8a
  2. #8a4e4e

Split complementary

  1. #4e8a8a
  2. #8a4e6c
  3. #8a6c4e

Analogous

  1. #4e8a6c
  2. #4e8a8a
  3. #4e6c8a

Triadic

  1. #4e8a8a
  2. #8a4e8a
  3. #8a8a4e

Tetradic

  1. #4e8a8a
  2. #4e4e8a
  3. #8a4e4e
  4. #8a8a4e

Square

  1. #4e8a8a
  2. #6c4e8a
  3. #8a4e4e
  4. #6c8a4e

Monochromatic

  1. #172828
  2. #325959
  3. #4e8a8a
  4. #74b0b0
  5. #a5cccc

Shades

#4e8a8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #4e8a8a
  2. #467c7c
  3. #3e6e6e
  4. #376161
  5. #2f5353
  6. #274545
  7. #1f3737
  8. #172929
  9. #101c1c
  10. #080e0e
  11. #000000

Tints

#4e8a8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #4e8a8a
  2. #609696
  3. #71a1a1
  4. #83adad
  5. #95b9b9
  6. #a7c5c5
  7. #b8d0d0
  8. #cadcdc
  9. #dce8e8
  10. #edf3f3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#4e8a8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #4e8a8a
  2. #538989
  3. #588888
  4. #5d8787
  5. #628686
  6. #678585
  7. #6c8484
  8. #718383
  9. #768282
  10. #7b8181
  11. #808080

Readable text 3.94:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.33:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #808080 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #6f8484 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #83858a ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #787d8b ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #318d8a ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #72878a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6a828a ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #3e8c8a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-4e8a8a {
  color: #4e8a8a;
}
Background
.bg-4e8a8a {
  background-color: #4e8a8a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-4e8a8a {
  border: 2px solid #4e8a8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #4e8a8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 78 138 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 28% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-4e8a8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4e8a8a, #4e6c8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-4e8a8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(78 138 138 / 0.35);
}

#008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 5.75 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.93 #008080 Teal ΔE 7.21 #317873 Myrtle Green ΔE 8.11 #40826d Viridian ΔE 9.67 #01796f Pine Green ΔE 10.53 #738678 Xanadu ΔE 11.10 #b17575 Inverted #808080 Grayscale 

Dark Cyan
#4e8a8a  rgb(78, 138, 138)  hsl(180, 28%, 42%)  Dark Cyan
#8a4e4e  rgb(138, 78, 78)  hsl(0, 28%, 42%)  Tuscan Red
#8a4e8a  rgb(138, 78, 138)  hsl(300, 28%, 42%)  Deep Plum
#8a8a4e  rgb(138, 138, 78)  hsl(60, 28%, 42%)  Moss Green