#48a391

Color #48a391

A muted medium green.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 10.56 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#48a391

RGB

rgb(72, 163, 145)

HSL

hsl(168.1, 38.7%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(168.1, 55.8%, 63.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(55.8%, 0%, 11%, 36.1%)

LAB

lab(61.32, -31.59, 1.18)

LCH

lch(61.32, 31.61, 177.86)

OKLCH

oklch(65.5%, 0.0912, 178.37)

HWB

hwb(168.1, 28.2%, 36.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a3485a

Analogous

#48a364

#48a391

#4888a3

Triadic

#48a391

#9148a3

#a39148

Split-complementary

#48a391

#a34888

#a36448

Tetradic

#48a391

#485aa3

#a3485a

#a39148

Square

#48a391

#6448a3

#a3485a

#88a348

Shades

Color #48a391 mixed toward black.

#3c8879

#306d61

#245249

#183630

#0c1b18

Tints

Color #48a391 mixed toward white.

#60b9a7

#80c7b9

#a0d5ca

#bfe3dc

#dff1ed

Tones

Color #48a391 mixed toward gray.

#509b8c

#579488

#5f8c83

#66857f

#6e7d7a

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

#7a7b96 · ΔE 29.1

Deuteranopia

#756e97 · ΔE 33.5

Tritanopia

#50999a · ΔE 8.2

Achromatopsia

#949494 · ΔE 22.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48a391;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48a391]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Aquamarine #7fffd4

Medium Aquamarine #66cdaa

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Medium Spring Green #00fa9a

Frequently asked questions

#48a391 (#48a391) is rgb(72, 163, 145) in RGB.

No, #48a391 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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