#488a8d

Color #488a8d

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.72 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 9.2

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Conversions

HEX

#488a8d

RGB

rgb(72, 138, 141)

HSL

hsl(182.6, 32.4%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.6, 48.9%, 55.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)

LAB

lab(53.47, -20.13, -8.11)

LCH

lch(53.47, 21.7, 201.94)

OKLCH

oklch(59.1%, 0.0675, 199.37)

HWB

hwb(182.6, 28.2%, 44.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8d4b48

Analogous

#488d6e

#488a8d

#48688d

Triadic

#488a8d

#8d488a

#8a8d48

Split-complementary

#488a8d

#8d4868

#8d6e48

Tetradic

#488a8d

#4b488d

#8d4b48

#8a8d48

Square

#488a8d

#6e488d

#8d4b48

#688d48

Shades

Color #488a8d mixed toward black.

#3c7376

#305c5e

#244547

#182e2f

#0c1718

Tints

Color #488a8d mixed toward white.

#5ba8ab

#7cb9bc

#9dcbcd

#bedcde

#deeeee

Tones

Color #488a8d mixed toward gray.

#4e8587

#548082

#597a7c

#5f7576

#657070

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.3:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.3:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6b6c8c · ΔE 25.3

Deuteranopia

#67628c · ΔE 28.1

Tritanopia

#4d8c8c · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488a8d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488a8d]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#488a8d (#488a8d) is rgb(72, 138, 141) in RGB.

No, #488a8d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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