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#48D1CC

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
  • mediumturquoise
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#48d1cc (Medium Turquoise) is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 81.96% green and 80% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 65.55% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.39% yellow and 18.04% black. Its hue angle is 177.81°, with 59.83% saturation and 55.1% 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 11.27:1 (WCAG AAA).

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5134

Complementary

  1. #48d1cc
  2. #d1484d

Split complementary

  1. #48d1cc
  2. #d14892
  3. #d18848

Analogous

  1. #48d188
  2. #48d1cc
  3. #4892d1

Triadic

  1. #48d1cc
  2. #cc48d1
  3. #d1cc48

Tetradic

  1. #48d1cc
  2. #484dd1
  3. #d1484d
  4. #d1cc48

Square

  1. #48d1cc
  2. #8848d1
  3. #d1484d
  4. #92d148

Monochromatic

  1. #1a6664
  2. #29a39f
  3. #48d1cc
  4. #85e0dd
  5. #c2f0ee

Shades

#48d1cc mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48d1cc
  2. #41bcb8
  3. #3aa7a3
  4. #32928f
  5. #2b7d7a
  6. #246966
  7. #1d5452
  8. #163f3d
  9. #0e2a29
  10. #071514
  11. #000000

Tints

#48d1cc mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48d1cc
  2. #5ad6d1
  3. #6ddad6
  4. #7fdfdb
  5. #91e3e0
  6. #a4e8e6
  7. #b6edeb
  8. #c8f1f0
  9. #daf6f5
  10. #edfafa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48d1cc mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48d1cc
  2. #4ec9c4
  3. #53c1bd
  4. #59b9b5
  5. #5eb1ae
  6. #64a9a6
  7. #6aa09e
  8. #6f9897
  9. #75908f
  10. #7a8888
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.27:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #bebebe ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9cc6c4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c5c7cc ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0b7cd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00d7cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a2cbcc ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92c2cd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00d4ce ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48d1cc {
  color: #48d1cc;
}
Background
.bg-48d1cc {
  background-color: #48d1cc;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48d1cc {
  border: 2px solid #48d1cc;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48d1cc;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 209 204;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 60% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48d1cc {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48d1cc, #4892d1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48d1cc {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 209 204 / 0.35);
}

#00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 2.79 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 3.22 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.00 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 5.79 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 6.40 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.82 #b72e33 Inverted #bebebe Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#48d1cc  rgb(72, 209, 204)  hsl(178, 60%, 55%)  Medium Turquoise
#d1484d  rgb(209, 72, 77)  hsl(358, 60%, 55%)  Indian Red
#cc48d1  rgb(204, 72, 209)  hsl(298, 60%, 55%)  Medium Orchid
#d1cc48  rgb(209, 204, 72)  hsl(58, 60%, 55%)  Straw