#48a2a8

Color #48a2a8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 6.44 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#48a2a8

RGB

rgb(72, 162, 168)

HSL

hsl(183.8, 40%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(183.8, 57.1%, 65.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(57.1%, 3.6%, 0%, 34.1%)

LAB

lab(61.69, -24.85, -11.22)

LCH

lch(61.69, 27.27, 204.3)

OKLCH

oklch(66%, 0.0856, 201.23)

HWB

hwb(183.8, 28.2%, 34.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a84e48

Analogous

#48a87e

#48a2a8

#4872a8

Triadic

#48a2a8

#a848a2

#a2a848

Split-complementary

#48a2a8

#a84872

#a87e48

Tetradic

#48a2a8

#4e48a8

#a84e48

#a2a848

Square

#48a2a8

#7e48a8

#a84e48

#72a848

Shades

Color #48a2a8 mixed toward black.

#3c878c

#306c70

#245154

#183638

#0c1b1c

Tints

Color #48a2a8 mixed toward white.

#62b6bc

#81c4c9

#a1d3d7

#c0e2e4

#e0f0f2

Tones

Color #48a2a8 mixed toward gray.

#509ba0

#589498

#608d90

#688688

#707f80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.01:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.01:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7a7aa7 · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#746da6 · ΔE 30.4

Tritanopia

#50a5a5 · ΔE 2.5

Achromatopsia

#959595 · ΔE 20.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48a2a8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48a2a8]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#48a2a8 (#48a2a8) is rgb(72, 162, 168) in RGB.

No, #48a2a8 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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