#488f96

Color #488f96

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.67 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#488f96

RGB

rgb(72, 143, 150)

HSL

hsl(185.4, 35.1%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.4, 52%, 58.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(52%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.2%)

LAB

lab(55.3, -20.21, -10.57)

LCH

lch(55.3, 22.81, 207.61)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.0719, 203.96)

HWB

hwb(185.4, 28.2%, 41.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#964f48

Analogous

#489676

#488f96

#486896

Triadic

#488f96

#96488f

#8f9648

Split-complementary

#488f96

#964868

#967648

Tetradic

#488f96

#4f4896

#964f48

#8f9648

Square

#488f96

#764896

#964f48

#689648

Shades

Color #488f96 mixed toward black.

#3c777d

#305f64

#24474b

#183032

#0c1819

Tints

Color #488f96 mixed toward white.

#5da9b1

#7dbbc1

#9eccd0

#bedde0

#dfeeef

Tones

Color #488f96 mixed toward gray.

#4e8a8f

#558489

#5b7f82

#627a7c

#687475

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.72:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.64:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6f94 · ΔE 25.4

Deuteranopia

#6a6494 · ΔE 28

Tritanopia

#4e9393 · ΔE 3.2

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #488f96;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488f96]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#488f96 (#488f96) is rgb(72, 143, 150) in RGB.

No, #488f96 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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