#48caca

Color #48caca

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Medium Turquoise #48d1cc · ΔE 4.02 Nearest Tailwind class teal-400 #00d5be · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#48caca

RGB

rgb(72, 202, 202)

HSL

hsl(180, 55.1%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 64.4%, 79.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 0%, 20.8%)

LAB

lab(74.75, -34.67, -10.45)

LCH

lch(74.75, 36.21, 196.77)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.1114, 195.08)

HWB

hwb(180, 28.2%, 20.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ca4848

Analogous

#48ca89

#48caca

#4889ca

Triadic

#48caca

#ca48ca

#caca48

Split-complementary

#48caca

#ca4889

#ca8948

Tetradic

#48caca

#4848ca

#ca4848

#caca48

Square

#48caca

#8948ca

#ca4848

#89ca48

Shades

Color #48caca mixed toward black.

#33b1b1

#298e8e

#1f6a6a

#144747

#0a2323

Tints

Color #48caca mixed toward white.

#66d3d3

#85dcdc

#a3e4e4

#c2eded

#e0f6f6

Tones

Color #48caca mixed toward gray.

#53bfbf

#5eb4b4

#68a9a9

#739f9f

#7e9494

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9394ca · ΔE 30.9

Deuteranopia

#8c82ca · ΔE 35.5

Tritanopia

#55caca · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48caca;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48caca]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#48caca (#48caca) is rgb(72, 202, 202) in RGB.

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

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