#48ebdb

Color #48ebdb

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Turquoise #40e0d0 · ΔE 3.81 Nearest Tailwind class teal-300 #46ecd5 · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48ebdb

RGB

rgb(72, 235, 219)

HSL

hsl(174.1, 80.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(174.1, 69.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 6.8%, 7.8%)

LAB

lab(84.95, -44.96, -4.4)

LCH

lch(84.95, 45.17, 185.59)

OKLCH

oklch(85.4%, 0.1336, 185.41)

HWB

hwb(174.1, 28.2%, 7.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#eb4858

Analogous

#48eb89

#48ebdb

#48aaeb

Triadic

#48ebdb

#db48eb

#ebdb48

Split-complementary

#48ebdb

#eb48aa

#eb8948

Tetradic

#48ebdb

#4858eb

#eb4858

#ebdb48

Square

#48ebdb

#8948eb

#eb4858

#aaeb48

Shades

Color #48ebdb mixed toward black.

#1ae6d2

#14b9a8

#0f8a7e

#0a5c54

#052e2a

Tints

Color #48ebdb mixed toward white.

#67eee1

#85f2e7

#a4f5ed

#c2f8f3

#e1fcf9

Tones

Color #48ebdb mixed toward gray.

#56ddd0

#63d0c5

#71c2ba

#7eb5af

#8ca7a4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a9aadf · ΔE 34.1

Deuteranopia

#a094e0 · ΔE 39.9

Tritanopia

#5ae2e3 · ΔE 6.2

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 24.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48ebdb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48ebdb]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#48ebdb (#48ebdb) is rgb(72, 235, 219) in RGB.

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

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