#489ea5

Color #489ea5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 5.77 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#489ea5

RGB

rgb(72, 158, 165)

HSL

hsl(184.5, 39.2%, 46.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.5, 56.4%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(60.38, -23.68, -11.5)

LCH

lch(60.38, 26.32, 205.9)

OKLCH

oklch(64.9%, 0.0829, 202.55)

HWB

hwb(184.5, 28.2%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a54f48

Analogous

#48a57e

#489ea5

#4870a5

Triadic

#489ea5

#a5489e

#9ea548

Split-complementary

#489ea5

#a54870

#a57e48

Tetradic

#489ea5

#4f48a5

#a54f48

#9ea548

Square

#489ea5

#7e48a5

#a54f48

#70a548

Shades

Color #489ea5 mixed toward black.

#3c848a

#30696e

#244f53

#183537

#0c1a1c

Tints

Color #489ea5 mixed toward white.

#61b3ba

#80c2c8

#a0d2d6

#c0e1e3

#dff0f1

Tones

Color #489ea5 mixed toward gray.

#50979d

#589196

#5f8a8e

#678486

#6f7d7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778a3 · ΔE 26.7

Deuteranopia

#726ba3 · ΔE 29.8

Tritanopia

#4fa2a2 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 19.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #489ea5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#489ea5]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#489ea5 (#489ea5) is rgb(72, 158, 165) in RGB.

No, #489ea5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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