#489e99

Color #489e99

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.75 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6

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Conversions

HEX

#489e99

RGB

rgb(72, 158, 153)

HSL

hsl(176.5, 37.4%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(176.5, 54.4%, 62%)

CMYK

cmyk(54.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)

LAB

lab(60.01, -27.04, -5.27)

LCH

lch(60.01, 27.55, 191.03)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.0832, 190.18)

HWB

hwb(176.5, 28.2%, 38%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9e484d

Analogous

#489e6e

#489e99

#48789e

Triadic

#489e99

#99489e

#9e9948

Split-complementary

#489e99

#9e4878

#9e6e48

Tetradic

#489e99

#484d9e

#9e484d

#9e9948

Square

#489e99

#6e489e

#9e484d

#789e48

Shades

Color #489e99 mixed toward black.

#3c847f

#306966

#244f4c

#183533

#0c1a19

Tints

Color #489e99 mixed toward white.

#5fb6b1

#7fc5c1

#9fd3d0

#bfe2e0

#dff0ef

Tones

Color #489e99 mixed toward gray.

#4f9793

#56908c

#5d8986

#658180

#6c7a79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.17:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.63:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#77789a · ΔE 28.1

Deuteranopia

#726b9b · ΔE 31.8

Tritanopia

#4f9b9b · ΔE 2.6

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #489e99;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#489e99]

Related colors

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#489e99 (#489e99) is rgb(72, 158, 153) in RGB.

No, #489e99 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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