#48e2f1

Color #48e2f1

A vivid, highly saturated light cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 10.78 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-300 #53eafd · ΔE 2.3

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Conversions

HEX

#48e2f1

RGB

rgb(72, 226, 241)

HSL

hsl(185.3, 85.8%, 61.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.3, 70.1%, 94.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.1%, 6.2%, 0%, 5.5%)

LAB

lab(82.98, -34.8, -18.96)

LCH

lch(82.98, 39.63, 208.58)

OKLCH

oklch(84%, 0.1266, 204.6)

HWB

hwb(185.3, 28.2%, 5.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f15748

Analogous

#48f1ab

#48e2f1

#488ef1

Triadic

#48e2f1

#f148e2

#e2f148

Split-complementary

#48e2f1

#f1488e

#f1ab48

Tetradic

#48e2f1

#5748f1

#f15748

#e2f148

Square

#48e2f1

#ab48f1

#f15748

#8ef148

Shades

Color #48e2f1 mixed toward black.

#18daed

#0fb2c2

#0b8691

#075961

#042d30

Tints

Color #48e2f1 mixed toward white.

#67e7f3

#85ecf6

#a4f1f8

#c2f5fa

#e1fafd

Tones

Color #48e2f1 mixed toward gray.

#56d7e3

#64cbd5

#72bfc7

#80b4b9

#8ea8ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.42:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a3a4ed · ΔE 31.5

Deuteranopia

#9b8fed · ΔE 35.9

Tritanopia

#59ebea · ΔE 5.6

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 23.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #48e2f1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#48e2f1]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#48e2f1 (#48e2f1) is rgb(72, 226, 241) in RGB.

No, #48e2f1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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