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#48DCA7

#48dca7 ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#48dca7 is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 86.27% green and 65.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.27% cyan, 0% magenta, 24.09% yellow and 13.73% black. Its hue angle is 158.51°, with 67.89% saturation and 57.25% 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 12.07:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 4.53.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.5535

Complementary

  1. #48dca7
  2. #dc487d

Split complementary

  1. #48dca7
  2. #dc48c7
  3. #dc5d48

Analogous

  1. #48dc5d
  2. #48dca7
  3. #48c7dc

Triadic

  1. #48dca7
  2. #a748dc
  3. #dca748

Tetradic

  1. #48dca7
  2. #487ddc
  3. #dc487d
  4. #dca748

Square

  1. #48dca7
  2. #5d48dc
  3. #dc487d
  4. #c7dc48

Monochromatic

  1. #167553
  2. #23b580
  3. #48dca7
  4. #88e8c6
  5. #c8f5e5

Shades

#48dca7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48dca7
  2. #41c696
  3. #3ab086
  4. #329a75
  5. #2b8464
  6. #246e54
  7. #1d5843
  8. #164232
  9. #0e2c21
  10. #071611
  11. #000000

Tints

#48dca7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48dca7
  2. #5ae0b0
  3. #6de3b9
  4. #7fe7c1
  5. #91eaca
  6. #a4eed3
  7. #b6f1dc
  8. #c8f5e5
  9. #daf8ed
  10. #edfcf6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48dca7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48dca7
  2. #4ed3a3
  3. #53ca9f
  4. #59c09b
  5. #5eb797
  6. #64ae94
  7. #6aa590
  8. #6f9c8c
  9. #759288
  10. #7a8984
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.74:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.07:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c4c4c4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a1ceb9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8cda4 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4beaa ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00dccd ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0d3a5 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1cba9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #01dcbf ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48dca7 {
  color: #48dca7;
}
Background
.bg-48dca7 {
  background-color: #48dca7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48dca7 {
  border: 2px solid #48dca7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48dca7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 220 167;
  --color-primary-hsl: 159 68% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48dca7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48dca7, #48c7dc);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48dca7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 220 167 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.53 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 5.52 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 8.50 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.82 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 9.08 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 9.25 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 10.19 #b72358 Inverted #c4c4c4 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#48dca7  rgb(72, 220, 167)  hsl(159, 68%, 57%)  Caribbean Green
#dc487d  rgb(220, 72, 125)  hsl(339, 68%, 57%)  Blush
#a748dc  rgb(167, 72, 220)  hsl(279, 68%, 57%)  Medium Orchid
#dca748  rgb(220, 167, 72)  hsl(39, 68%, 57%)  Indian Yellow