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#48DAEC

#48daec ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48daec is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 85.49% green and 92.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.49% cyan, 7.63% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 186.59°, with 81.19% saturation and 60.39% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.52:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 6.75.

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Relative luminance0.5758

Complementary

  1. #48daec
  2. #ec5a48

Split complementary

  1. #48daec
  2. #ec4888
  3. #ecac48

Analogous

  1. #48ecac
  2. #48daec
  3. #4888ec

Triadic

  1. #48daec
  2. #ec48da
  3. #daec48

Tetradic

  1. #48daec
  2. #5a48ec
  3. #ec5a48
  4. #daec48

Square

  1. #48daec
  2. #ac48ec
  3. #ec5a48
  4. #88ec48

Monochromatic

  1. #0f7f8c
  2. #16bdd2
  3. #48daec
  4. #8de8f3
  5. #d3f6fa

Shades

#48daec mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48daec
  2. #41c4d4
  3. #3aaebd
  4. #3299a5
  5. #2b838e
  6. #246d76
  7. #1d575e
  8. #164147
  9. #0e2c2f
  10. #071618
  11. #000000

Tints

#48daec mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48daec
  2. #5adeee
  3. #6de1f0
  4. #7fe5f2
  5. #91e9f4
  6. #a4edf6
  7. #b6f0f7
  8. #c8f4f9
  9. #daf8fb
  10. #edfbfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48daec mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48daec
  2. #4ed1e1
  3. #53c8d6
  4. #59bfcc
  5. #5eb6c1
  6. #64adb6
  7. #6aa4ab
  8. #6f9ba0
  9. #759296
  10. #7a898b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.52:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a4cfd7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8d2ed ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b0c0ec ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e3df ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #a4d5ed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #92cbec ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e0e4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48daec {
  color: #48daec;
}
Background
.bg-48daec {
  background-color: #48daec;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48daec {
  border: 2px solid #48daec;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48daec;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 218 236;
  --color-primary-hsl: 187 81% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48daec {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48daec, #4888ec);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48daec {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 218 236 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.75 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.86 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 8.05 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 8.27 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 9.29 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 9.46 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.32 #b72513 Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#48daec  rgb(72, 218, 236)  hsl(187, 81%, 60%)  Dark Turquoise
#ec5a48  rgb(236, 90, 72)  hsl(7, 81%, 60%)  Tomato
#ec48da  rgb(236, 72, 218)  hsl(307, 81%, 60%)  Fuchsia
#daec48  rgb(218, 236, 72)  hsl(67, 81%, 60%)  Pear