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#48DEDE

#48dede ≈ Medium Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48dede is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 87.06% green and 87.06% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.57% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 12.94% black. Its hue angle is 180°, with 69.44% saturation and 57.65% 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 12.78:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Turquoise (#48d1cc), ΔE 3.58.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5889

Complementary

  1. #48dede
  2. #de4848

Split complementary

  1. #48dede
  2. #de4893
  3. #de9348

Analogous

  1. #48de93
  2. #48dede
  3. #4893de

Triadic

  1. #48dede
  2. #de48de
  3. #dede48

Tetradic

  1. #48dede
  2. #4848de
  3. #de4848
  4. #dede48

Square

  1. #48dede
  2. #9348de
  3. #de4848
  4. #93de48

Monochromatic

  1. #167777
  2. #21b8b8
  3. #48dede
  4. #89eaea
  5. #caf5f5

Shades

#48dede mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48dede
  2. #41c8c8
  3. #3ab2b2
  4. #329b9b
  5. #2b8585
  6. #246f6f
  7. #1d5959
  8. #164343
  9. #0e2c2c
  10. #071616
  11. #000000

Tints

#48dede mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48dede
  2. #5ae1e1
  3. #6de5e5
  4. #7fe8e8
  5. #91ebeb
  6. #a4efef
  7. #b6f2f2
  8. #c8f5f5
  9. #daf8f8
  10. #edfcfc
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48dede mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48dede
  2. #4ed5d5
  3. #53cbcb
  4. #59c2c2
  5. #5eb8b8
  6. #64afaf
  7. #6aa6a6
  8. #6f9c9c
  9. #759393
  10. #7a8989
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.78:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6d2d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d0d3de ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b9c3df ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aad8de ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #99cedf ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e2de ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48dede {
  color: #48dede;
}
Background
.bg-48dede {
  background-color: #48dede;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48dede {
  border: 2px solid #48dede;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48dede;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 222 222;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 69% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48dede {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48dede, #4893de);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48dede {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 222 222 / 0.35);
}

#48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.58 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 4.35 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 4.47 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 4.81 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.46 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 7.17 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.24 #b72121 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Medium Turquoise
#48dede  rgb(72, 222, 222)  hsl(180, 69%, 58%)  Medium Turquoise
#de4848  rgb(222, 72, 72)  hsl(0, 69%, 58%)  Cinnabar
#de48de  rgb(222, 72, 222)  hsl(300, 69%, 58%)  Fuchsia
#dede48  rgb(222, 222, 72)  hsl(60, 69%, 58%)  Pear