#48d1e8

Color #48d1e8

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 13.94 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#48d1e8

RGB

rgb(72, 209, 232)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 77.7%, 59.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 69%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(69%, 9.9%, 0%, 9%)

LAB

lab(77.76, -29.33, -22.08)

LCH

lch(77.76, 36.71, 216.97)

OKLCH

oklch(79.7%, 0.1193, 210.97)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 28.2%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e85f48

Analogous

#48e8af

#48d1e8

#4881e8

Triadic

#48d1e8

#e848d1

#d1e848

Split-complementary

#48d1e8

#e84881

#e8af48

Tetradic

#48d1e8

#5f48e8

#e85f48

#d1e848

Square

#48d1e8

#af48e8

#e85f48

#81e848

Shades

Color #48d1e8 mixed toward black.

#1cc5e1

#179db4

#117687

#0b4f5a

#06272d

Tints

Color #48d1e8 mixed toward white.

#66d9ec

#85e0f0

#a3e8f4

#c2f0f7

#e0f7fb

Tones

Color #48d1e8 mixed toward gray.

#55c8db

#63becd

#70b5c0

#7dabb3

#8ba1a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.82:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.56:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9899e3 · ΔE 29.2

Deuteranopia

#9086e1 · ΔE 33

Tritanopia

#56dedd · ΔE 8.7

Achromatopsia

#c0c0c0 · ΔE 22.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48d1e8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48d1e8]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#48d1e8 (#48d1e8) is rgb(72, 209, 232) in RGB.

No, #48d1e8 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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