#487979

Color #487979

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 12.78 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 8.1

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Conversions

HEX

#487979

RGB

rgb(72, 121, 121)

HSL

hsl(180, 25.4%, 37.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 40.5%, 47.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.5%, 0%, 0%, 52.5%)

LAB

lab(47.54, -16.51, -5.22)

LCH

lch(47.54, 17.32, 197.55)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0532, 195.71)

HWB

hwb(180, 28.2%, 52.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#794848

Analogous

#487960

#487979

#486079

Triadic

#487979

#794879

#797948

Split-complementary

#487979

#794860

#796048

Tetradic

#487979

#484879

#794848

#797948

Square

#487979

#604879

#794848

#607948

Shades

Color #487979 mixed toward black.

#3c6565

#305151

#243c3c

#182828

#0c1414

Tints

Color #487979 mixed toward white.

#5c9a9a

#7ab0b0

#9cc4c4

#bdd8d8

#deebeb

Tones

Color #487979 mixed toward gray.

#4c7575

#507171

#546d6d

#586969

#5c6464

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.29:1

White text reads better on this background (4.9:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#616179 · ΔE 23.1

Deuteranopia

#5e5a79 · ΔE 26

Tritanopia

#4b7979 · ΔE 0.6

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 16

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #487979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#487979]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#487979 (#487979) is rgb(72, 121, 121) in RGB.

No, #487979 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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