#48adca

Color #48adca

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 14.33 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.9

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Conversions

HEX

#48adca

RGB

rgb(72, 173, 202)

HSL

hsl(193.4, 55.1%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(193.4, 64.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(66.16, -20.35, -23.44)

LCH

lch(66.16, 31.04, 229.04)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.1015, 220.04)

HWB

hwb(193.4, 28.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca6548

Analogous

#48caa6

#48adca

#486cca

Triadic

#48adca

#ca48ad

#adca48

Split-complementary

#48adca

#ca486c

#caa648

Tetradic

#48adca

#6548ca

#ca6548

#adca48

Square

#48adca

#a648ca

#ca6548

#6cca48

Shades

Color #48adca mixed toward black.

#3395b1

#29778e

#1f596a

#143c47

#0a1e23

Tints

Color #48adca mixed toward white.

#66bbd3

#85c8dc

#a3d6e4

#c2e4ed

#e0f1f6

Tones

Color #48adca mixed toward gray.

#53a7bf

#5ea1b4

#689ba9

#73959f

#7e8f94

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.59:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8081c3 · ΔE 24.6

Deuteranopia

#7b73c2 · ΔE 27.5

Tritanopia

#51bebd · ΔE 12

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 20.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48adca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48adca]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#48adca (#48adca) is rgb(72, 173, 202) in RGB.

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

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