#48a890

Color #48a890

A moderately saturated medium green.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 11.19 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#48a890

RGB

rgb(72, 168, 144)

HSL

hsl(165, 40%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(165, 57.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(62.84, -34.2, 3.94)

LCH

lch(62.84, 34.43, 173.43)

OKLCH

oklch(66.7%, 0.0979, 174.2)

HWB

hwb(165, 28.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a84860

Analogous

#48a860

#48a890

#4890a8

Triadic

#48a890

#9048a8

#a89048

Split-complementary

#48a890

#a84890

#a86048

Tetradic

#48a890

#4860a8

#a84860

#a89048

Square

#48a890

#6048a8

#a84860

#90a848

Shades

Color #48a890 mixed toward black.

#3c8c78

#307060

#245448

#183830

#0c1c18

Tints

Color #48a890 mixed toward white.

#62bca5

#81c9b7

#a1d7c9

#c0e4db

#e0f2ed

Tones

Color #48a890 mixed toward gray.

#50a08c

#589888

#609084

#688880

#70807c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7d7e96 · ΔE 29.5

Deuteranopia

#787098 · ΔE 34.6

Tritanopia

#509b9c · ΔE 10.3

Achromatopsia

#989898 · ΔE 22.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48a890;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48a890]

Related colors

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Frequently asked questions

#48a890 (#48a890) is rgb(72, 168, 144) in RGB.

No, #48a890 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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