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#48C8A6

#48c8a6 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#48c8a6 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 78.43% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64% cyan, 0% magenta, 17% yellow and 21.57% black. Its hue angle is 164.06°, with 53.78% saturation and 53.33% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.09:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 2.81.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4544

Complementary

  1. #48c8a6
  2. #c8486a

Split complementary

  1. #48c8a6
  2. #c848aa
  3. #c86648

Analogous

  1. #48c866
  2. #48c8a6
  3. #48aac8

Triadic

  1. #48c8a6
  2. #a648c8
  3. #c8a648

Tetradic

  1. #48c8a6
  2. #486ac8
  3. #c8486a
  4. #c8a648

Square

  1. #48c8a6
  2. #6648c8
  3. #c8486a
  4. #aac848

Monochromatic

  1. #1b5b4a
  2. #2d967a
  3. #48c8a6
  4. #83dac3
  5. #beebdf

Shades

#48c8a6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48c8a6
  2. #41b495
  3. #3aa085
  4. #328c74
  5. #2b7864
  6. #246453
  7. #1d5042
  8. #163c32
  9. #0e2821
  10. #071411
  11. #000000

Tints

#48c8a6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48c8a6
  2. #5aceaf
  3. #6dd3b8
  4. #7fd9c1
  5. #91deca
  6. #a4e4d3
  7. #b6e9db
  8. #c8efe4
  9. #daf4ed
  10. #edfaf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48c8a6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48c8a6
  2. #4ec1a2
  3. #53ba9e
  4. #59b29b
  5. #5eab97
  6. #64a493
  7. #6a9d8f
  8. #6f968b
  9. #758e88
  10. #7a8784
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.08:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.09:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b4b4b4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #95bcae ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c2bba4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0aea8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cabe ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a0c1a5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92b9a7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #14c9b5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48c8a6 {
  color: #48c8a6;
}
Background
.bg-48c8a6 {
  background-color: #48c8a6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48c8a6 {
  border: 2px solid #48c8a6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48c8a6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 200 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 54% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48c8a6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48c8a6, #48aac8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48c8a6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 200 166 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 2.81 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.54 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 6.34 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 8.31 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 8.69 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 10.11 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 10.18 #b73759 Inverted #b4b4b4 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#48c8a6  rgb(72, 200, 166)  hsl(164, 54%, 53%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c8486a  rgb(200, 72, 106)  hsl(344, 54%, 53%)  Cerise
#a648c8  rgb(166, 72, 200)  hsl(284, 54%, 53%)  Purpureus
#c8a648  rgb(200, 166, 72)  hsl(44, 54%, 53%)  Metallic Gold