#48aba2

Color #48aba2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 7.1 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#48aba2

RGB

rgb(72, 171, 162)

HSL

hsl(174.5, 40.7%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.5, 57.9%, 67.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 32.9%)

LAB

lab(64.25, -30.96, -4.05)

LCH

lch(64.25, 31.22, 187.45)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.0931, 187.03)

HWB

hwb(174.5, 28.2%, 32.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ab4851

Analogous

#48ab70

#48aba2

#4882ab

Triadic

#48aba2

#a248ab

#aba248

Split-complementary

#48aba2

#ab4882

#ab7048

Tetradic

#48aba2

#4851ab

#ab4851

#aba248

Square

#48aba2

#7048ab

#ab4851

#82ab48

Shades

Color #48aba2 mixed toward black.

#3c8e87

#30726c

#245551

#183936

#0c1c1b

Tints

Color #48aba2 mixed toward white.

#62bdb5

#82cac4

#a1d7d2

#c0e5e1

#e0f2f0

Tones

Color #48aba2 mixed toward gray.

#50a39b

#589a94

#61928e

#698a87

#718280

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.76:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7f80a4 · ΔE 29.3

Deuteranopia

#7a72a5 · ΔE 33.5

Tritanopia

#51a6a6 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#9c9c9c · ΔE 22

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48aba2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48aba2]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#48aba2 (#48aba2) is rgb(72, 171, 162) in RGB.

No, #48aba2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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