#48b2ba

Color #48b2ba

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.49 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#48b2ba

RGB

rgb(72, 178, 186)

HSL

hsl(184.2, 45.2%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(184.2, 61.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(67.1, -27.67, -13.15)

LCH

lch(67.1, 30.64, 205.42)

OKLCH

oklch(70.6%, 0.0966, 202.13)

HWB

hwb(184.2, 28.2%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba5048

Analogous

#48ba89

#48b2ba

#4879ba

Triadic

#48b2ba

#ba48b2

#b2ba48

Split-complementary

#48b2ba

#ba4879

#ba8948

Tetradic

#48b2ba

#5048ba

#ba5048

#b2ba48

Square

#48b2ba

#8948ba

#ba5048

#79ba48

Shades

Color #48b2ba mixed toward black.

#3b959c

#2f777d

#235a5e

#183c3e

#0c1e1f

Tints

Color #48b2ba mixed toward white.

#67bfc5

#85ccd1

#a4d8dc

#c2e5e8

#e1f2f3

Tones

Color #48b2ba mixed toward gray.

#52aab0

#5ba2a7

#659a9d

#6e9194

#78898b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.35:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.35:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8485b8 · ΔE 28.1

Deuteranopia

#7e75b8 · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#52b7b6 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#a3a3a3 · ΔE 21.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48b2ba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48b2ba]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#48b2ba (#48b2ba) is rgb(72, 178, 186) in RGB.

No, #48b2ba is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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