#48a0af

Color #48a0af

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 8.58 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#48a0af

RGB

rgb(72, 160, 175)

HSL

hsl(188.7, 41.7%, 48.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.7, 58.9%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(61.32, -21.79, -15.73)

LCH

lch(61.32, 26.87, 215.83)

OKLCH

oklch(65.8%, 0.0864, 210.3)

HWB

hwb(188.7, 28.2%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af5748

Analogous

#48af8a

#48a0af

#486caf

Triadic

#48a0af

#af48a0

#a0af48

Split-complementary

#48a0af

#af486c

#af8a48

Tetradic

#48a0af

#5748af

#af5748

#a0af48

Square

#48a0af

#8a48af

#af5748

#6caf48

Shades

Color #48a0af mixed toward black.

#3c8592

#306b75

#245057

#18353a

#0c1b1d

Tints

Color #48a0af mixed toward white.

#64b2bf

#83c1cc

#a2d1d9

#c1e0e5

#e0f0f2

Tones

Color #48a0af mixed toward gray.

#519aa6

#59949e

#628e95

#6a888d

#738284

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.03:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.92:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7879ac · ΔE 25.5

Deuteranopia

#736cab · ΔE 28.3

Tritanopia

#4fa9a8 · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48a0af;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48a0af]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#48a0af (#48a0af) is rgb(72, 160, 175) in RGB.

No, #48a0af is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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