#48a38b

Color #48a38b

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 12.42 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#48a38b

RGB

rgb(72, 163, 139)

HSL

hsl(164.2, 38.7%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(164.2, 55.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 14.7%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(61.16, -33.1, 4.32)

LCH

lch(61.16, 33.38, 172.56)

OKLCH

oklch(65.3%, 0.0946, 173.39)

HWB

hwb(164.2, 28.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a34860

Analogous

#48a35e

#48a38b

#488ea3

Triadic

#48a38b

#8b48a3

#a38b48

Split-complementary

#48a38b

#a3488e

#a35e48

Tetradic

#48a38b

#4860a3

#a34860

#a38b48

Square

#48a38b

#5e48a3

#a34860

#8ea348

Shades

Color #48a38b mixed toward black.

#3c8874

#306d5d

#245246

#18362e

#0c1b17

Tints

Color #48a38b mixed toward white.

#60b9a1

#80c7b4

#a0d5c7

#bfe3da

#dff1ec

Tones

Color #48a38b mixed toward gray.

#509b87

#579484

#5f8c80

#66857d

#6e7d79

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.89:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.89:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7b91 · ΔE 29

Deuteranopia

#756e93 · ΔE 33.9

Tritanopia

#509697 · ΔE 10.5

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 22.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48a38b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48a38b]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#48a38b (#48a38b) is rgb(72, 163, 139) in RGB.

No, #48a38b is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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