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#48EBEA

#48ebea ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48ebea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 92.16% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 0.43% yellow and 7.84% black. Its hue angle is 179.63°, with 80.3% saturation and 60.2% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 3.66.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.6673

Complementary

  1. #48ebea
  2. #eb4849

Split complementary

  1. #48ebea
  2. #eb489b
  3. #eb9948

Analogous

  1. #48eb99
  2. #48ebea
  3. #489beb

Triadic

  1. #48ebea
  2. #ea48eb
  3. #ebea48

Tetradic

  1. #48ebea
  2. #4849eb
  3. #eb4849
  4. #ebea48

Square

  1. #48ebea
  2. #9948eb
  3. #eb4849
  4. #9beb48

Monochromatic

  1. #0f8b8a
  2. #17d0cf
  3. #48ebea
  4. #8df3f2
  5. #d2fafa

Shades

#48ebea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48ebea
  2. #41d4d3
  3. #3abcbb
  4. #32a5a4
  5. #2b8d8c
  6. #247675
  7. #1d5e5e
  8. #164746
  9. #0e2f2f
  10. #071817
  11. #000000

Tints

#48ebea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48ebea
  2. #5aedec
  3. #6defee
  4. #7ff1f0
  5. #91f3f2
  6. #a4f5f5
  7. #b6f7f7
  8. #c8f9f9
  9. #dafbfb
  10. #edfdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48ebea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48ebea
  2. #4ee0df
  3. #53d6d5
  4. #59cbca
  5. #5ec0c0
  6. #64b6b5
  7. #6aabaa
  8. #6fa0a0
  9. #759595
  10. #7a8b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d5d5d5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #afdede ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dce0ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4ceeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f2ea ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b4e4ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #a1daeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00efea ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48ebea {
  color: #48ebea;
}
Background
.bg-48ebea {
  background-color: #48ebea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48ebea {
  border: 2px solid #48ebea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48ebea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 235 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 180 80% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48ebea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48ebea, #489beb);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48ebea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 235 234 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 3.66 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 4.41 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 4.41 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.30 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.74 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.18 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 6.45 #b71415 Inverted #d5d5d5 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#48ebea  rgb(72, 235, 234)  hsl(180, 80%, 60%)  Bright Turquoise
#eb4849  rgb(235, 72, 73)  hsl(360, 80%, 60%)  Tractor Red
#ea48eb  rgb(234, 72, 235)  hsl(300, 80%, 60%)  Fuchsia
#ebea48  rgb(235, 234, 72)  hsl(60, 80%, 60%)  Icterine