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#48BEBB

#48bebb ≈ Tiffany Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#48bebb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 74.51% green and 73.33% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.11% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.58% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 178.47°, with 47.58% saturation and 51.37% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.36:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Tiffany Blue (#0abab5), ΔE 2.94.

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Relative luminance0.4179

Complementary

  1. #48bebb
  2. #be484b

Split complementary

  1. #48bebb
  2. #be4886
  3. #be8048

Analogous

  1. #48be80
  2. #48bebb
  3. #4886be

Triadic

  1. #48bebb
  2. #bb48be
  3. #bebb48

Tetradic

  1. #48bebb
  2. #484bbe
  3. #be484b
  4. #bebb48

Square

  1. #48bebb
  2. #8048be
  3. #be484b
  4. #86be48

Monochromatic

  1. #1d504f
  2. #318987
  3. #48bebb
  4. #80d2d0
  5. #b9e6e5

Shades

#48bebb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48bebb
  2. #41aba8
  3. #3a9896
  4. #328583
  5. #2b7270
  6. #245f5e
  7. #1d4c4b
  8. #163938
  9. #0e2625
  10. #071313
  11. #000000

Tints

#48bebb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48bebb
  2. #5ac5c2
  3. #6dcbc9
  4. #7fd2cf
  5. #91d8d6
  6. #a4dfdd
  7. #b6e5e4
  8. #c8eceb
  9. #daf2f1
  10. #edf9f8
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48bebb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48bebb
  2. #4eb8b5
  3. #53b2af
  4. #59aba9
  5. #5ea5a3
  6. #649f9e
  7. #6a9998
  8. #6f9392
  9. #758c8c
  10. #7a8686
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.36:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8fb4b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b3b5bb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0a7bc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c3bd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94b9bb ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86b1bc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1bc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48bebb {
  color: #48bebb;
}
Background
.bg-48bebb {
  background-color: #48bebb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48bebb {
  border: 2px solid #48bebb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48bebb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 190 187;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 48% 51%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48bebb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48bebb, #4886be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48bebb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 190 187 / 0.35);
}

#0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 2.94 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.15 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.27 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 4.56 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.85 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.93 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.27 #b74144 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Tiffany Blue
#48bebb  rgb(72, 190, 187)  hsl(178, 48%, 51%)  Tiffany Blue
#be484b  rgb(190, 72, 75)  hsl(358, 48%, 51%)  Brick Red
#bb48be  rgb(187, 72, 190)  hsl(298, 48%, 51%)  Medium Orchid
#bebb48  rgb(190, 187, 72)  hsl(58, 48%, 51%)  Vegas Gold