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#48DDAE

#48ddae ≈ Caribbean Green

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Balanced
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#48ddae is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 86.67% green and 68.24% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.42% cyan, 0% magenta, 21.27% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 161.07°, with 68.66% saturation and 57.45% 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 12.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Caribbean Green (#00cc99), ΔE 4.87.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.5615

Complementary

  1. #48ddae
  2. #dd4877

Split complementary

  1. #48ddae
  2. #dd48c2
  3. #dd6348

Analogous

  1. #48dd63
  2. #48ddae
  3. #48c2dd

Triadic

  1. #48ddae
  2. #ae48dd
  3. #ddae48

Tetradic

  1. #48ddae
  2. #4877dd
  3. #dd4877
  4. #ddae48

Square

  1. #48ddae
  2. #6348dd
  3. #dd4877
  4. #c2dd48

Monochromatic

  1. #167658
  2. #22b788
  3. #48ddae
  4. #89e9cb
  5. #c9f5e7

Shades

#48ddae mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48ddae
  2. #41c79d
  3. #3ab18b
  4. #329b7a
  5. #2b8568
  6. #246f57
  7. #1d5846
  8. #164234
  9. #0e2c23
  10. #071611
  11. #000000

Tints

#48ddae mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48ddae
  2. #5ae0b6
  3. #6de4be
  4. #7fe7c6
  5. #91ebce
  6. #a4eed7
  7. #b6f1df
  8. #c8f5e7
  9. #daf8ef
  10. #edfcf7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48ddae mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48ddae
  2. #4ed4a9
  3. #53caa5
  4. #59c1a0
  5. #5eb89c
  6. #64af97
  7. #6aa592
  8. #6f9c8e
  9. #759389
  10. #7a8985
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c5c5c5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a2cfbd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d8ceac ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4c0b1 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ded0 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b0d4ad ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1ccb0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00dec3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48ddae {
  color: #48ddae;
}
Background
.bg-48ddae {
  background-color: #48ddae;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48ddae {
  border: 2px solid #48ddae;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48ddae;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 221 174;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 69% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48ddae {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48ddae, #48c2dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48ddae {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 221 174 / 0.35);
}

#00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.87 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 4.96 #7fffd4 Aquamarine ΔE 8.21 #9fe2bf Seafoam Green ΔE 8.76 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 9.16 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 9.86 #00fa9a Medium Spring Green ΔE 10.19 #b72251 Inverted #c5c5c5 Grayscale 

Caribbean Green
#48ddae  rgb(72, 221, 174)  hsl(161, 69%, 57%)  Caribbean Green
#dd4877  rgb(221, 72, 119)  hsl(341, 69%, 57%)  Blush
#ae48dd  rgb(174, 72, 221)  hsl(281, 69%, 57%)  Medium Orchid
#ddae48  rgb(221, 174, 72)  hsl(41, 69%, 57%)  Meat Brown