#48827e

Color #48827e

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 10.27 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 7.5

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Conversions

HEX

#48827e

RGB

rgb(72, 130, 126)

HSL

hsl(175.9, 28.7%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.9, 44.6%, 51%)

CMYK

cmyk(44.6%, 0%, 3.1%, 49%)

LAB

lab(50.51, -20.01, -3.77)

LCH

lch(50.51, 20.36, 190.67)

OKLCH

oklch(56.6%, 0.0614, 189.85)

HWB

hwb(175.9, 28.2%, 49%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82484c

Analogous

#488261

#48827e

#486982

Triadic

#48827e

#7e4882

#827e48

Split-complementary

#48827e

#824869

#826148

Tetradic

#48827e

#484c82

#82484c

#827e48

Square

#48827e

#614882

#82484c

#698248

Shades

Color #48827e mixed toward black.

#3c6c69

#305754

#24413f

#182b2a

#0c1615

Tints

Color #48827e mixed toward white.

#5aa39e

#7bb6b2

#9cc8c5

#bddad8

#deedec

Tones

Color #48827e mixed toward gray.

#4d7d7a

#527876

#567371

#5b6f6d

#606a69

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#66677f · ΔE 24.7

Deuteranopia

#635e7f · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#4c8080 · ΔE 2.3

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 17.8

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #48827e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48827e]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#48827e (#48827e) is rgb(72, 130, 126) in RGB.

No, #48827e 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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