#48869c

Color #48869c

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 13.57 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48869c

RGB

rgb(72, 134, 156)

HSL

hsl(195.7, 36.8%, 44.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.7, 53.8%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(52.76, -13.58, -17.88)

LCH

lch(52.76, 22.45, 232.78)

OKLCH

oklch(58.7%, 0.0722, 223.37)

HWB

hwb(195.7, 28.2%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c5e48

Analogous

#489c88

#48869c

#485c9c

Triadic

#48869c

#9c4886

#869c48

Split-complementary

#48869c

#9c485c

#9c8848

Tetradic

#48869c

#5e489c

#9c5e48

#869c48

Square

#48869c

#88489c

#9c5e48

#5c9c48

Shades

Color #48869c mixed toward black.

#3c7082

#305968

#24434e

#182d34

#0c161a

Tints

Color #48869c mixed toward white.

#5e9eb5

#7eb1c4

#9fc5d2

#bfd8e1

#dfecf0

Tones

Color #48869c mixed toward gray.

#4f8395

#567f8e

#5d7c87

#647980

#6b7579

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.07:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.17:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.17:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#696997 · ΔE 21.1

Deuteranopia

#656096 · ΔE 22.5

Tritanopia

#4d9392 · ΔE 11.1

Achromatopsia

#7e7e7e · ΔE 16.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48869c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48869c]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#48869c (#48869c) is rgb(72, 134, 156) in RGB.

No, #48869c 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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