#488e96

Color #488e96

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.14 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#488e96

RGB

rgb(72, 142, 150)

HSL

hsl(186.2, 35.1%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.2, 52%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(54.99, -19.69, -11.03)

LCH

lch(54.99, 22.57, 209.26)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0713, 205.24)

HWB

hwb(186.2, 28.2%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#965048

Analogous

#489677

#488e96

#486796

Triadic

#488e96

#96488e

#8e9648

Split-complementary

#488e96

#964867

#967748

Tetradic

#488e96

#504896

#965048

#8e9648

Square

#488e96

#774896

#965048

#679648

Shades

Color #488e96 mixed toward black.

#3c767d

#305f64

#24474b

#182f32

#0c1819

Tints

Color #488e96 mixed toward white.

#5da8b1

#7dbac1

#9ecbd0

#bedce0

#dfeeef

Tones

Color #488e96 mixed toward gray.

#4e898f

#558489

#5b7e82

#62797c

#687475

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6e94 · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#696494 · ΔE 27.4

Tritanopia

#4d9392 · ΔE 4.2

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488e96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488e96]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#488e96 (#488e96) is rgb(72, 142, 150) in RGB.

No, #488e96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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