#478da5

Color #478da5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 14.19 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#478da5

RGB

rgb(71, 141, 165)

HSL

hsl(195.3, 39.8%, 46.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.3, 57%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(55.18, -14.91, -19.38)

LCH

lch(55.18, 24.45, 232.43)

OKLCH

oklch(60.8%, 0.079, 222.9)

HWB

hwb(195.3, 27.8%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a55f47

Analogous

#47a58e

#478da5

#475ea5

Triadic

#478da5

#a5478d

#8da547

Split-complementary

#478da5

#a5475e

#a58e47

Tetradic

#478da5

#5f47a5

#a55f47

#8da547

Square

#478da5

#8e47a5

#a55f47

#5ea547

Shades

Color #478da5 mixed toward black.

#3b768a

#2f5e6e

#244753

#182f37

#0c181c

Tints

Color #478da5 mixed toward white.

#5fa3ba

#7fb6c8

#9fc8d6

#bfdae4

#dfedf1

Tones

Color #478da5 mixed toward gray.

#4f899d

#578595

#5f828e

#667e86

#6e7a7e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.74:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.62:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6da0 · ΔE 21.4

Deuteranopia

#68639e · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#4c9b9a · ΔE 11.5

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 17.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #478da5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#478da5]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#478da5 (#478da5) is rgb(71, 141, 165) in RGB.

No, #478da5 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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