#49838f

Color #49838f

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 9.1

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Conversions

HEX

#49838f

RGB

rgb(73, 131, 143)

HSL

hsl(190.3, 32.4%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.3, 49%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(49%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(51.42, -15.55, -12.35)

LCH

lch(51.42, 19.86, 218.46)

OKLCH

oklch(57.5%, 0.0634, 212.56)

HWB

hwb(190.3, 28.6%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8f5549

Analogous

#498f78

#49838f

#49608f

Triadic

#49838f

#8f4983

#838f49

Split-complementary

#49838f

#8f4960

#8f7849

Tetradic

#49838f

#55498f

#8f5549

#838f49

Square

#49838f

#78498f

#8f5549

#608f49

Shades

Color #49838f mixed toward black.

#3d6d77

#31575f

#254248

#182c30

#0c1618

Tints

Color #49838f mixed toward white.

#5d9fac

#7db2bd

#9ec5cd

#bed8de

#dfecee

Tones

Color #49838f mixed toward gray.

#4f7f89

#557b83

#5b787e

#607478

#667072

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.93:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#67688c · ΔE 22.8

Deuteranopia

#645f8c · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#4d8a89 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#7a7a7a · ΔE 16.5

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #49838f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#49838f]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#49838f (#49838f) is rgb(73, 131, 143) in RGB.

No, #49838f 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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