#488ba3

Color #488ba3

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 14.5 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#488ba3

RGB

rgb(72, 139, 163)

HSL

hsl(195.8, 38.7%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.8, 55.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(54.54, -14.21, -19.2)

LCH

lch(54.54, 23.89, 233.49)

OKLCH

oklch(60.2%, 0.077, 223.79)

HWB

hwb(195.8, 28.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a36048

Analogous

#48a38e

#488ba3

#485ea3

Triadic

#488ba3

#a3488b

#8ba348

Split-complementary

#488ba3

#a3485e

#a38e48

Tetradic

#488ba3

#6048a3

#a36048

#8ba348

Square

#488ba3

#8e48a3

#a36048

#5ea348

Shades

Color #488ba3 mixed toward black.

#3c7488

#305d6d

#244652

#182e36

#0c171b

Tints

Color #488ba3 mixed toward white.

#60a1b9

#80b4c7

#a0c7d5

#bfdae3

#dfecf1

Tones

Color #488ba3 mixed toward gray.

#50879b

#578494

#5f808c

#667d85

#6e797d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.5:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6c9e · ΔE 21.2

Deuteranopia

#68629c · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#4d9998 · ΔE 11.6

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 17.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488ba3;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488ba3]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#488ba3 (#488ba3) is rgb(72, 139, 163) in RGB.

No, #488ba3 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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