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#48DDDB

#48dddb ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48dddb is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 86.67% green and 85.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.42% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.9% yellow and 13.33% black. Its hue angle is 179.19°, with 68.66% saturation and 57.45% 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 12.64:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.06.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5821

Complementary

  1. #48dddb
  2. #dd484a

Split complementary

  1. #48dddb
  2. #dd4895
  3. #dd9048

Analogous

  1. #48dd90
  2. #48dddb
  3. #4895dd

Triadic

  1. #48dddb
  2. #db48dd
  3. #dddb48

Tetradic

  1. #48dddb
  2. #484add
  3. #dd484a
  4. #dddb48

Square

  1. #48dddb
  2. #9048dd
  3. #dd484a
  4. #95dd48

Monochromatic

  1. #167675
  2. #22b7b5
  3. #48dddb
  4. #89e9e8
  5. #c9f5f4

Shades

#48dddb mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48dddb
  2. #41c7c5
  3. #3ab1af
  4. #329b99
  5. #2b8583
  6. #246f6e
  7. #1d5858
  8. #164242
  9. #0e2c2c
  10. #071616
  11. #000000

Tints

#48dddb mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48dddb
  2. #5ae0df
  3. #6de4e2
  4. #7fe7e6
  5. #91ebe9
  6. #a4eeed
  7. #b6f1f1
  8. #c8f5f4
  9. #daf8f8
  10. #edfcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48dddb mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48dddb
  2. #4ed4d2
  3. #53cac9
  4. #59c1c0
  5. #5eb8b7
  6. #64afae
  7. #6aa5a4
  8. #6f9c9b
  9. #759392
  10. #7a8989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.66:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.64:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c9c9c9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a5d1d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #cfd2db ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c2dc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e4dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aad7db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99cddc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e1dc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48dddb {
  color: #48dddb;
}
Background
.bg-48dddb {
  background-color: #48dddb;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48dddb {
  border: 2px solid #48dddb;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48dddb;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 221 219;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 69% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48dddb {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48dddb, #4895dd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48dddb {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 221 219 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.06 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.07 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.29 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.58 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 4.78 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.48 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.48 #b72224 Inverted #c9c9c9 Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#48dddb  rgb(72, 221, 219)  hsl(179, 69%, 57%)  Medium Turquoise
#dd484a  rgb(221, 72, 74)  hsl(359, 69%, 57%)  Indian Red
#db48dd  rgb(219, 72, 221)  hsl(299, 69%, 57%)  Medium Orchid
#dddb48  rgb(221, 219, 72)  hsl(59, 69%, 57%)  Pear