#487e87

Color #487e87

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.75 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#487e87

RGB

rgb(72, 126, 135)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 30.4%, 40.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 46.7%, 52.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(46.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 47.1%)

LAB

lab(49.55, -15.36, -10.47)

LCH

lch(49.55, 18.59, 214.28)

OKLCH

oklch(55.9%, 0.0589, 209.26)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 28.2%, 47.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#875148

Analogous

#488771

#487e87

#485f87

Triadic

#487e87

#87487e

#7e8748

Split-complementary

#487e87

#87485f

#877148

Tetradic

#487e87

#514887

#875148

#7e8748

Square

#487e87

#714887

#875148

#5f8748

Shades

Color #487e87 mixed toward black.

#3c6971

#30545a

#243f44

#182a2d

#0c1517

Tints

Color #487e87 mixed toward white.

#5a9ca7

#7bb0b9

#9cc4ca

#bdd7dc

#deebed

Tones

Color #487e87 mixed toward gray.

#4d7a82

#53767d

#587377

#5d6f72

#626b6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.61:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#646485 · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#615c84 · ΔE 25.2

Tritanopia

#4c8383 · ΔE 4.6

Achromatopsia

#767676 · ΔE 16

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Code

CSS

background-color: #487e87;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487e87]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#487e87 (#487e87) is rgb(72, 126, 135) in RGB.

No, #487e87 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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