#478e98

Color #478e98

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.74 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 9

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Conversions

HEX

#478e98

RGB

rgb(71, 142, 152)

HSL

hsl(187.4, 36.3%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.4, 53.3%, 59.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)

LAB

lab(55.02, -19.33, -12.14)

LCH

lch(55.02, 22.83, 212.13)

OKLCH

oklch(60.5%, 0.0726, 207.48)

HWB

hwb(187.4, 27.8%, 40.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#985147

Analogous

#479879

#478e98

#476598

Triadic

#478e98

#98478e

#8e9847

Split-complementary

#478e98

#984765

#987947

Tetradic

#478e98

#514798

#985147

#8e9847

Square

#478e98

#794798

#985147

#659847

Shades

Color #478e98 mixed toward black.

#3b767f

#2f5f65

#23474c

#182f33

#0c1819

Tints

Color #478e98 mixed toward white.

#5ca8b3

#7db9c2

#9dcbd1

#bedce1

#deeef0

Tones

Color #478e98 mixed toward gray.

#4e8991

#54848a

#5b7f84

#627a7d

#697576

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.59:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.59:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6d6e96 · ΔE 24.8

Deuteranopia

#696395 · ΔE 27.3

Tritanopia

#4d9493 · ΔE 5.1

Achromatopsia

#848484 · ΔE 18.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #478e98;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#478e98]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Light Blue #add8e6

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#478e98 (#478e98) is rgb(71, 142, 152) in RGB.

No, #478e98 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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