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#48CBAB

#48cbab ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48cbab is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 79.61% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 64.53% cyan, 0% magenta, 15.76% yellow and 20.39% black. Its hue angle is 165.34°, with 55.74% saturation and 53.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, 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 10.41:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 2.83.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4703

Complementary

  1. #48cbab
  2. #cb4868

Split complementary

  1. #48cbab
  2. #cb48aa
  3. #cb6948

Analogous

  1. #48cb69
  2. #48cbab
  3. #48aacb

Triadic

  1. #48cbab
  2. #ab48cb
  3. #cbab48

Tetradic

  1. #48cbab
  2. #4868cb
  3. #cb4868
  4. #cbab48

Square

  1. #48cbab
  2. #6948cb
  3. #cb4868
  4. #aacb48

Monochromatic

  1. #1b5f4e
  2. #2c9b80
  3. #48cbab
  4. #84dcc6
  5. #bfede2

Shades

#48cbab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48cbab
  2. #41b79a
  3. #3aa289
  4. #328e78
  5. #2b7a67
  6. #246656
  7. #1d5144
  8. #163d33
  9. #0e2922
  10. #071411
  11. #000000

Tints

#48cbab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48cbab
  2. #5ad0b3
  3. #6dd5bc
  4. #7fdbc4
  5. #91e0cd
  6. #a4e5d5
  7. #b6eadd
  8. #c8efe6
  9. #daf5ee
  10. #edfaf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48cbab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48cbab
  2. #4ec4a7
  3. #53bca2
  4. #59b59e
  5. #5ead9a
  6. #64a696
  7. #6a9e91
  8. #6f978d
  9. #758f89
  10. #7a8884
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.41:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97bfb2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c4beaa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b2b1ad ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cdc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2c4aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #93bcac ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #0cccb9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48cbab {
  color: #48cbab;
}
Background
.bg-48cbab {
  background-color: #48cbab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48cbab {
  border: 2px solid #48cbab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48cbab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 203 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 56% 54%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48cbab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48cbab, #48aacb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48cbab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 203 171 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 2.83 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 5.07 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.36 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.65 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.18 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.26 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 9.98 #b73454 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#48cbab  rgb(72, 203, 171)  hsl(165, 56%, 54%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cb4868  rgb(203, 72, 104)  hsl(345, 56%, 54%)  Cerise
#ab48cb  rgb(171, 72, 203)  hsl(285, 56%, 54%)  Medium Orchid
#cbab48  rgb(203, 171, 72)  hsl(45, 56%, 54%)  Metallic Gold