#48838b

Color #48838b

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 10.67 Nearest Tailwind class mist-500 #67787c · ΔE 10.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48838b

RGB

rgb(72, 131, 139)

HSL

hsl(187.2, 31.8%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(187.2, 48.2%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(51.24, -16.95, -10.29)

LCH

lch(51.24, 19.83, 211.26)

OKLCH

oklch(57.3%, 0.0627, 206.93)

HWB

hwb(187.2, 28.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8b5048

Analogous

#488b72

#48838b

#48628b

Triadic

#48838b

#8b4883

#838b48

Split-complementary

#48838b

#8b4862

#8b7248

Tetradic

#48838b

#50488b

#8b5048

#838b48

Square

#48838b

#72488b

#8b5048

#628b48

Shades

Color #48838b mixed toward black.

#3c6d74

#30575d

#244246

#182c2e

#0c1617

Tints

Color #48838b mixed toward white.

#5ba1aa

#7cb3bb

#9dc6cc

#bdd9dd

#deecee

Tones

Color #48838b mixed toward gray.

#4e7f86

#537b80

#59767a

#5e7275

#646e6f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.89:1

Black 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

#676789 · ΔE 24.1

Deuteranopia

#635f89 · ΔE 25.9

Tritanopia

#4c8887 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48838b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48838b]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#48838b (#48838b) is rgb(72, 131, 139) in RGB.

No, #48838b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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