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#48DBCA

#48dbca ≈ Turquoise

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48dbca is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 85.88% green and 79.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.12% cyan, 0% magenta, 7.76% yellow and 14.12% black. Its hue angle is 173.06°, with 67.12% saturation and 57.06% 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 12.26:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Turquoise (#40e0d0), ΔE 1.3.

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Relative luminance0.5631

Complementary

  1. #48dbca
  2. #db4859

Split complementary

  1. #48dbca
  2. #db48a3
  3. #db8148

Analogous

  1. #48db81
  2. #48dbca
  3. #48a3db

Triadic

  1. #48dbca
  2. #ca48db
  3. #dbca48

Tetradic

  1. #48dbca
  2. #4859db
  3. #db4859
  4. #dbca48

Square

  1. #48dbca
  2. #8148db
  3. #db4859
  4. #a3db48

Monochromatic

  1. #177369
  2. #23b3a3
  3. #48dbca
  4. #88e8dd
  5. #c8f4ef

Shades

#48dbca mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48dbca
  2. #41c5b6
  3. #3aafa2
  4. #32998d
  5. #2b8379
  6. #246e65
  7. #1d5851
  8. #16423d
  9. #0e2c28
  10. #071614
  11. #000000

Tints

#48dbca mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48dbca
  2. #5adfcf
  3. #6de2d5
  4. #7fe6da
  5. #91e9df
  6. #a4ede5
  7. #b6f1ea
  8. #c8f4ef
  9. #daf8f4
  10. #edfbfa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48dbca mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48dbca
  2. #4ed2c3
  3. #53c9bb
  4. #59c0b4
  5. #5eb7ac
  6. #64aea5
  7. #6aa49e
  8. #6f9b96
  9. #75928f
  10. #7a8987
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.26:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c6c6c6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2cfc7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d1cfc9 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bbbfcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dfd6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #abd4ca ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9acbcb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ded1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48dbca {
  color: #48dbca;
}
Background
.bg-48dbca {
  background-color: #48dbca;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48dbca {
  border: 2px solid #48dbca;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48dbca;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 219 202;
  --color-primary-hsl: 173 67% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48dbca {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48dbca, #48a3db);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48dbca {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 219 202 / 0.35);
}

#40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 1.30 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.20 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 4.60 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 6.81 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.44 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 7.74 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 8.01 #b72435 Inverted #c6c6c6 Grayscale 

Turquoise
#48dbca  rgb(72, 219, 202)  hsl(173, 67%, 57%)  Turquoise
#db4859  rgb(219, 72, 89)  hsl(353, 67%, 57%)  Amaranth
#ca48db  rgb(202, 72, 219)  hsl(293, 67%, 57%)  Medium Orchid
#dbca48  rgb(219, 202, 72)  hsl(53, 67%, 57%)  Citrine