#487a7e

Color #487a7e

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 13.19 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#487a7e

RGB

rgb(72, 122, 126)

HSL

hsl(184.4, 27.3%, 38.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.4, 42.9%, 49.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(42.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 50.6%)

LAB

lab(48.01, -15.7, -7.48)

LCH

lch(48.01, 17.39, 205.47)

OKLCH

oklch(54.6%, 0.0543, 202.31)

HWB

hwb(184.4, 28.2%, 50.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e4c48

Analogous

#487e67

#487a7e

#485f7e

Triadic

#487a7e

#7e487a

#7a7e48

Split-complementary

#487a7e

#7e485f

#7e6748

Tetradic

#487a7e

#4c487e

#7e4c48

#7a7e48

Square

#487a7e

#67487e

#7e4c48

#5f7e48

Shades

Color #487a7e mixed toward black.

#3c6669

#305154

#243d3f

#18292a

#0c1415

Tints

Color #487a7e mixed toward white.

#5b9a9f

#7bafb3

#9cc3c6

#bdd7d9

#deebec

Tones

Color #487a7e mixed toward gray.

#4c7679

#517275

#556e70

#5a6b6c

#5e6767

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.36:1

White text reads better on this background (4.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#62627d · ΔE 22.9

Deuteranopia

#5f5b7d · ΔE 25.4

Tritanopia

#4b7c7c · ΔE 2

Achromatopsia

#727272 · ΔE 15.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #487a7e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487a7e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#487a7e (#487a7e) is rgb(72, 122, 126) in RGB.

No, #487a7e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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