#48b8d0

Color #48b8d0

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Sky Blue #87ceeb · ΔE 13.37 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48b8d0

RGB

rgb(72, 184, 208)

HSL

hsl(190.6, 59.1%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(190.6, 65.4%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.4%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(69.62, -24.16, -21.45)

LCH

lch(69.62, 32.31, 221.6)

OKLCH

oklch(72.9%, 0.1053, 214.52)

HWB

hwb(190.6, 28.2%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#d06048

Analogous

#48d0a4

#48b8d0

#4874d0

Triadic

#48b8d0

#d048b8

#b8d048

Split-complementary

#48b8d0

#d04874

#d0a448

Tetradic

#48b8d0

#6048d0

#d06048

#b8d048

Square

#48b8d0

#a448d0

#d06048

#74d048

Shades

Color #48b8d0 mixed toward black.

#30a1ba

#268194

#1d616f

#13404a

#0a2025

Tints

Color #48b8d0 mixed toward white.

#67c4d8

#85d0e0

#a4dbe7

#c2e7ef

#e1f3f7

Tones

Color #48b8d0 mixed toward gray.

#53b1c5

#5fa9b9

#6aa2ae

#759ba3

#819397

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.32:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.04:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8888cb · ΔE 26.8

Deuteranopia

#8178c9 · ΔE 30

Tritanopia

#53c6c5 · ΔE 9.8

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 21

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48b8d0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48b8d0]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#48b8d0 (#48b8d0) is rgb(72, 184, 208) in RGB.

No, #48b8d0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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