#478090

Color #478090

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Slate Gray #708090 · ΔE 12.79 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 7.3

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Conversions

HEX

#478090

RGB

rgb(71, 128, 144)

HSL

hsl(193.2, 34%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.2, 50.7%, 56.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(50.7%, 11.1%, 0%, 43.5%)

LAB

lab(50.44, -14.1, -14.42)

LCH

lch(50.44, 20.17, 225.64)

OKLCH

oklch(56.7%, 0.0646, 218.02)

HWB

hwb(193.2, 27.8%, 43.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#905747

Analogous

#47907c

#478090

#475c90

Triadic

#478090

#904780

#809047

Split-complementary

#478090

#90475c

#907c47

Tetradic

#478090

#574790

#905747

#809047

Square

#478090

#7c4790

#905747

#5c9047

Shades

Color #478090 mixed toward black.

#3b6b78

#2f5560

#244048

#182b30

#0c1518

Tints

Color #478090 mixed toward white.

#5a9cae

#7bafbe

#9cc3ce

#bdd7df

#deebef

Tones

Color #478090 mixed toward gray.

#4d7d8a

#537984

#59767e

#5f7278

#666f72

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#65658c · ΔE 22

Deuteranopia

#615d8b · ΔE 23.3

Tritanopia

#4b8989 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 16.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #478090;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#478090]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#478090 (#478090) is rgb(71, 128, 144) in RGB.

No, #478090 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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