#488c6a

Color #488c6a

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Sea Green #2e8b57 · ΔE 13.03 Nearest Tailwind class emerald-600 #009966 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#488c6a

RGB

rgb(72, 140, 106)

HSL

hsl(150, 32.1%, 41.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(150, 48.6%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.6%, 0%, 24.3%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(53.14, -29.92, 11.62)

LCH

lch(53.14, 32.1, 158.78)

OKLCH

oklch(58.5%, 0.0878, 160.22)

HWB

hwb(150, 28.2%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c486a

Analogous

#488c48

#488c6a

#488c8c

Triadic

#488c6a

#6a488c

#8c6a48

Split-complementary

#488c6a

#8c488c

#8c4848

Tetradic

#488c6a

#486a8c

#8c486a

#8c6a48

Square

#488c6a

#48488c

#8c486a

#8c8c48

Shades

Color #488c6a mixed toward black.

#3c7558

#305d47

#244635

#182f23

#0c1712

Tints

Color #488c6a mixed toward white.

#5bab83

#7cbc9c

#9dccb5

#bdddcd

#deeee6

Tones

Color #488c6a mixed toward gray.

#4e866a

#53816a

#597b6a

#5f756a

#64706a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.23:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.23:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6d73 · ΔE 25

Deuteranopia

#686376 · ΔE 31.1

Tritanopia

#4d7a7c · ΔE 15.3

Achromatopsia

#7f7f7f · ΔE 21.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488c6a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488c6a]

Related colors

Mint Cream #f5fffa

Spring Green #00ff7f

Medium Sea Green #3cb371

Sea Green #2e8b57

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Frequently asked questions

#488c6a (#488c6a) is rgb(72, 140, 106) in RGB.

No, #488c6a 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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