#438b89

Color #438b89

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 8.3 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#438b89

RGB

rgb(67, 139, 137)

HSL

hsl(178.3, 35%, 40.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(178.3, 51.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.8%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(53.45, -22.94, -5.84)

LCH

lch(53.45, 23.67, 194.28)

OKLCH

oklch(59%, 0.0721, 192.98)

HWB

hwb(178.3, 26.3%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b4345

Analogous

#438b65

#438b89

#43698b

Triadic

#438b89

#89438b

#8b8943

Split-complementary

#438b89

#8b4369

#8b6543

Tetradic

#438b89

#43458b

#8b4345

#8b8943

Square

#438b89

#65438b

#8b4345

#698b43

Shades

Color #438b89 mixed toward black.

#387472

#2d5d5b

#214645

#162e2e

#0b1717

Tints

Color #438b89 mixed toward white.

#54adaa

#76bdbb

#98cecc

#bbdedd

#ddefee

Tones

Color #438b89 mixed toward gray.

#498583

#4f7f7e

#557978

#5b7372

#616d6d

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.97:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.29:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.29:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6a6a89 · ΔE 27

Deuteranopia

#66608a · ΔE 29.9

Tritanopia

#498a8a · ΔE 1.4

Achromatopsia

#808080 · ΔE 19.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #438b89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#438b89]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#438b89 (#438b89) is rgb(67, 139, 137) in RGB.

No, #438b89 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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