#45878e

Color #45878e

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 9.17 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 10.7

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Conversions

HEX

#45878e

RGB

rgb(69, 135, 142)

HSL

hsl(185.8, 34.6%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.8, 51.4%, 55.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(51.4%, 4.9%, 0%, 44.3%)

LAB

lab(52.45, -18.96, -10.23)

LCH

lch(52.45, 21.54, 208.35)

OKLCH

oklch(58.3%, 0.068, 204.49)

HWB

hwb(185.8, 27.1%, 44.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8e4c45

Analogous

#458e71

#45878e

#45638e

Triadic

#45878e

#8e4587

#878e45

Split-complementary

#45878e

#8e4563

#8e7145

Tetradic

#45878e

#4c458e

#8e4c45

#878e45

Square

#45878e

#71458e

#8e4c45

#638e45

Shades

Color #45878e mixed toward black.

#3a7176

#2e5a5f

#234447

#172d2f

#0c1718

Tints

Color #45878e mixed toward white.

#57a5ae

#79b7be

#9ac9ce

#bcdbde

#ddedef

Tones

Color #45878e mixed toward gray.

#4b8288

#517d82

#57787c

#5d7376

#636e70

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.11:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.11:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68698c · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#645f8c · ΔE 27.2

Tritanopia

#4a8b8b · ΔE 3.4

Achromatopsia

#7d7d7d · ΔE 17.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #45878e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#45878e]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#45878e (#45878e) is rgb(69, 135, 142) in RGB.

No, #45878e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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