#48797b

Color #48797b

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 13.08 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#48797b

RGB

rgb(72, 121, 123)

HSL

hsl(182.4, 26.2%, 38.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.4, 41.5%, 48.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(41.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)

LAB

lab(47.6, -15.97, -6.31)

LCH

lch(47.6, 17.17, 201.56)

OKLCH

oklch(54.2%, 0.0532, 199.08)

HWB

hwb(182.4, 28.2%, 51.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7b4a48

Analogous

#487b63

#48797b

#485f7b

Triadic

#48797b

#7b4879

#797b48

Split-complementary

#48797b

#7b485f

#7b6348

Tetradic

#48797b

#4a487b

#7b4a48

#797b48

Square

#48797b

#63487b

#7b4a48

#5f7b48

Shades

Color #48797b mixed toward black.

#3c6566

#305152

#243c3d

#182829

#0c1414

Tints

Color #48797b mixed toward white.

#5b999c

#7aafb1

#9cc3c5

#bdd7d8

#deebec

Tones

Color #48797b mixed toward gray.

#4c7577

#507172

#556d6e

#59696a

#5d6566

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.89:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.3:1

White text reads better on this background (4.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#61617b · ΔE 23

Deuteranopia

#5e5a7a · ΔE 25.7

Tritanopia

#4b7a7a · ΔE 1

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 15.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #48797b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48797b]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#48797b (#48797b) is rgb(72, 121, 123) in RGB.

No, #48797b 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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