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#48CFAB

#48cfab ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#48cfab is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 81.18% green and 67.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.22% cyan, 0% magenta, 17.39% yellow and 18.82% black. Its hue angle is 164°, with 58.44% saturation and 54.71% 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 10.79:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 2.56.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4894

Complementary

  1. #48cfab
  2. #cf486c

Split complementary

  1. #48cfab
  2. #cf48b0
  3. #cf6848

Analogous

  1. #48cf68
  2. #48cfab
  3. #48b0cf

Triadic

  1. #48cfab
  2. #ab48cf
  3. #cfab48

Tetradic

  1. #48cfab
  2. #486ccf
  3. #cf486c
  4. #cfab48

Square

  1. #48cfab
  2. #6848cf
  3. #cf486c
  4. #b0cf48

Monochromatic

  1. #1a6450
  2. #2aa081
  3. #48cfab
  4. #85dfc7
  5. #c1efe3

Shades

#48cfab mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48cfab
  2. #41ba9a
  3. #3aa689
  4. #329178
  5. #2b7c67
  6. #246856
  7. #1d5344
  8. #163e33
  9. #0e2922
  10. #071511
  11. #000000

Tints

#48cfab mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48cfab
  2. #5ad4b3
  3. #6dd9bc
  4. #7fddc4
  5. #91e2cd
  6. #a4e7d5
  7. #b6ecdd
  8. #c8f1e6
  9. #daf5ee
  10. #edfaf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48cfab mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48cfab
  2. #4ec7a7
  3. #53bfa2
  4. #59b79e
  5. #5eaf9a
  6. #64a896
  7. #6aa091
  8. #6f988d
  9. #759089
  10. #7a8884
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.95:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.79:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bababa ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #99c3b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9c2a9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b6b4ae ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d1c5 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a5c7aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #96bfad ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #08d0bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48cfab {
  color: #48cfab;
}
Background
.bg-48cfab {
  background-color: #48cfab;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48cfab {
  border: 2px solid #48cfab;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48cfab;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 207 171;
  --color-primary-hsl: 164 58% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48cfab {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48cfab, #48b0cf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48cfab {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 207 171 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 2.56 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.29 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 7.76 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.89 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.65 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 9.94 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 10.17 #b73054 Inverted #bababa Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#48cfab  rgb(72, 207, 171)  hsl(164, 58%, 55%)  Medium Aquamarine
#cf486c  rgb(207, 72, 108)  hsl(344, 58%, 55%)  Cerise
#ab48cf  rgb(171, 72, 207)  hsl(284, 58%, 55%)  Medium Orchid
#cfab48  rgb(207, 171, 72)  hsl(44, 58%, 55%)  Metallic Gold