#489dad

Color #489dad

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.76 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#489dad

RGB

rgb(72, 157, 173)

HSL

hsl(189.5, 41.2%, 48%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(189.5, 58.4%, 67.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)

LAB

lab(60.34, -20.83, -16.07)

LCH

lch(60.34, 26.31, 217.65)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0847, 211.68)

HWB

hwb(189.5, 28.2%, 32.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ad5848

Analogous

#48ad8a

#489dad

#486aad

Triadic

#489dad

#ad489d

#9dad48

Split-complementary

#489dad

#ad486a

#ad8a48

Tetradic

#489dad

#5848ad

#ad5848

#9dad48

Square

#489dad

#8a48ad

#ad5848

#6aad48

Shades

Color #489dad mixed toward black.

#3c8390

#306973

#244e56

#18343a

#0c1a1d

Tints

Color #489dad mixed toward white.

#63b0be

#82bfcb

#a1cfd8

#c1dfe5

#e0eff2

Tones

Color #489dad mixed toward gray.

#5097a4

#59919c

#618c94

#6a868b

#728083

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7677a9 · ΔE 25.1

Deuteranopia

#726ba8 · ΔE 27.7

Tritanopia

#4fa6a6 · ΔE 7

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 19.3

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #489dad;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#489dad]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#489dad (#489dad) is rgb(72, 157, 173) in RGB.

No, #489dad 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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