#488c8f

Color #488c8f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.11 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 8.9

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Conversions

HEX

#488c8f

RGB

rgb(72, 140, 143)

HSL

hsl(182.5, 33%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.5, 49.7%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(49.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(54.15, -20.62, -8.25)

LCH

lch(54.15, 22.21, 201.81)

OKLCH

oklch(59.7%, 0.0691, 199.27)

HWB

hwb(182.5, 28.2%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f4b48

Analogous

#488f6f

#488c8f

#48698f

Triadic

#488c8f

#8f488c

#8c8f48

Split-complementary

#488c8f

#8f4869

#8f6f48

Tetradic

#488c8f

#4b488f

#8f4b48

#8c8f48

Square

#488c8f

#6f488f

#8f4b48

#698f48

Shades

Color #488c8f mixed toward black.

#3c7577

#305d5f

#244648

#182f30

#0c1718

Tints

Color #488c8f mixed toward white.

#5ca9ad

#7cbabd

#9dccce

#beddde

#deeeef

Tones

Color #488c8f mixed toward gray.

#4e8789

#548183

#5a7c7d

#607677

#667172

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6c6d8e · ΔE 25.6

Deuteranopia

#68638e · ΔE 28.4

Tritanopia

#4d8e8e · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 18.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #488c8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#488c8f]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#488c8f (#488c8f) is rgb(72, 140, 143) in RGB.

No, #488c8f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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