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#48CEA5

#48cea5 ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#48cea5 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 80.78% green and 64.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.05% cyan, 0% magenta, 19.9% yellow and 19.22% black. Its hue angle is 161.64°, with 57.76% saturation and 54.51% 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 10.65:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 2.71.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4824

Complementary

  1. #48cea5
  2. #ce4871

Split complementary

  1. #48cea5
  2. #ce48b4
  3. #ce6248

Analogous

  1. #48ce62
  2. #48cea5
  3. #48b4ce

Triadic

  1. #48cea5
  2. #a548ce
  3. #cea548

Tetradic

  1. #48cea5
  2. #4871ce
  3. #ce4871
  4. #cea548

Square

  1. #48cea5
  2. #6248ce
  3. #ce4871
  4. #b4ce48

Monochromatic

  1. #1a634d
  2. #2b9f7b
  3. #48cea5
  4. #84dec3
  5. #c1eee0

Shades

#48cea5 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48cea5
  2. #41b995
  3. #3aa584
  4. #329074
  5. #2b7c63
  6. #246753
  7. #1d5242
  8. #163e32
  9. #0e2921
  10. #071511
  11. #000000

Tints

#48cea5 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48cea5
  2. #5ad3ae
  3. #6dd8b7
  4. #7fddc0
  5. #91e2c9
  6. #a4e7d2
  7. #b6ebdb
  8. #c8f0e4
  9. #daf5ed
  10. #edfaf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48cea5 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48cea5
  2. #4ec6a1
  3. #53be9e
  4. #59b79a
  5. #5eaf96
  6. #64a793
  7. #6a9f8f
  8. #6f978b
  9. #759087
  10. #7a8884
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.97:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.65:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b9b9b9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #98c1b1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9c0a3 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6b3a8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cfc2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5c6a4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #97bea7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #12cfb7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48cea5 {
  color: #48cea5;
}
Background
.bg-48cea5 {
  background-color: #48cea5;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48cea5 {
  border: 2px solid #48cea5;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48cea5;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 206 165;
  --color-primary-hsl: 162 58% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48cea5 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48cea5, #48b4ce);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48cea5 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 206 165 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 2.71 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 3.18 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.07 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.27 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 9.34 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.60 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.72 #b7315a Inverted #b9b9b9 Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#48cea5  rgb(72, 206, 165)  hsl(162, 58%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#ce4871  rgb(206, 72, 113)  hsl(342, 58%, 55%)  Razzmatazz
#a548ce  rgb(165, 72, 206)  hsl(282, 58%, 55%)  Dark Orchid
#cea548  rgb(206, 165, 72)  hsl(42, 58%, 55%)  Metallic Gold