#48aaa6

Color #48aaa6

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 8.31 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#48aaa6

RGB

rgb(72, 170, 166)

HSL

hsl(177.6, 40.5%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(177.6, 57.6%, 66.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 33.3%)

LAB

lab(64.06, -29.39, -6.57)

LCH

lch(64.06, 30.12, 192.6)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.0914, 191.56)

HWB

hwb(177.6, 28.2%, 33.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aa484c

Analogous

#48aa75

#48aaa6

#487daa

Triadic

#48aaa6

#a648aa

#aaa648

Split-complementary

#48aaa6

#aa487d

#aa7548

Tetradic

#48aaa6

#484caa

#aa484c

#aaa648

Square

#48aaa6

#7548aa

#aa484c

#7daa48

Shades

Color #48aaa6 mixed toward black.

#3c8e8b

#30716f

#245553

#183937

#0c1c1c

Tints

Color #48aaa6 mixed toward white.

#62bdb9

#82cac7

#a1d7d5

#c0e4e3

#e0f2f1

Tones

Color #48aaa6 mixed toward gray.

#50a29f

#589a97

#619290

#698988

#718181

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f7fa7 · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#7971a7 · ΔE 32.9

Tritanopia

#51a8a8 · ΔE 2.1

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48aaa6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48aaa6]

Related colors

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#48aaa6 (#48aaa6) is rgb(72, 170, 166) in RGB.

No, #48aaa6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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