#48bcbd

Color #48bcbd

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 8.26 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 8.2

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Conversions

HEX

#48bcbd

RGB

rgb(72, 188, 189)

HSL

hsl(180.5, 47%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180.5, 61.9%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(70.19, -31.68, -10.18)

LCH

lch(70.19, 33.28, 197.81)

OKLCH

oklch(73.1%, 0.1027, 195.93)

HWB

hwb(180.5, 28.2%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bd4948

Analogous

#48bd84

#48bcbd

#4882bd

Triadic

#48bcbd

#bd48bc

#bcbd48

Split-complementary

#48bcbd

#bd4882

#bd8448

Tetradic

#48bcbd

#4948bd

#bd4948

#bcbd48

Square

#48bcbd

#8448bd

#bd4948

#82bd48

Shades

Color #48bcbd mixed toward black.

#3a9fa0

#2e7f80

#235f60

#174040

#0c2020

Tints

Color #48bcbd mixed toward white.

#67c7c8

#85d2d3

#a4dede

#c2e9e9

#e1f4f4

Tones

Color #48bcbd mixed toward gray.

#52b2b3

#5ca9aa

#659fa0

#6f9696

#798c8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8bbd · ΔE 29.8

Deuteranopia

#847abd · ΔE 34.2

Tritanopia

#53bdbd · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#acacac · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48bcbd;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48bcbd]

Related colors

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Frequently asked questions

#48bcbd (#48bcbd) is rgb(72, 188, 189) in RGB.

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

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