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#48C19B

#48c19b ≈ Medium Aquamarine

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Balanced
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#48c19b is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 75.69% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 62.69% cyan, 0% magenta, 19.69% yellow and 24.31% black. Its hue angle is 161.16°, with 49.39% saturation and 51.96% lightness in HSL. It sits between warm and cool, and is often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.38:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Medium Aquamarine (#66cdaa), ΔE 3.98.

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Web safe#33cc99
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Relative luminance0.4188

Complementary

  1. #48c19b
  2. #c1486e

Split complementary

  1. #48c19b
  2. #c148aa
  3. #c15f48

Analogous

  1. #48c15f
  2. #48c19b
  3. #48aac1

Triadic

  1. #48c19b
  2. #9b48c1
  3. #c19b48

Tetradic

  1. #48c19b
  2. #486ec1
  3. #c1486e
  4. #c19b48

Square

  1. #48c19b
  2. #5f48c1
  3. #c1486e
  4. #aac148

Monochromatic

  1. #1c5442
  2. #308d70
  3. #48c19b
  4. #81d4ba
  5. #bae8d9

Shades

#48c19b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48c19b
  2. #41ae8c
  3. #3a9a7c
  4. #32876d
  5. #2b745d
  6. #24614e
  7. #1d4d3e
  8. #163a2f
  9. #0e271f
  10. #071310
  11. #000000

Tints

#48c19b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48c19b
  2. #5ac7a5
  3. #6dcdaf
  4. #7fd4b9
  5. #91dac3
  6. #a4e0cd
  7. #b6e6d7
  8. #c8ece1
  9. #daf3eb
  10. #edf9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48c19b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48c19b
  2. #4ebb98
  3. #53b496
  4. #59ae93
  5. #5ea790
  6. #64a18e
  7. #6a9a8b
  8. #6f9488
  9. #758d85
  10. #7a8783
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.38:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90b5a6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bcb599 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #aba89e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2b6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #9bba9a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #8eb39d ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #21c2ac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48c19b {
  color: #48c19b;
}
Background
.bg-48c19b {
  background-color: #48c19b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48c19b {
  border: 2px solid #48c19b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48c19b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 193 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 161 49% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48c19b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48c19b, #48aac1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48c19b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 193 155 / 0.35);
}

#66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 3.98 #3eb489 Mint ΔE 4.06 #00cc99 Caribbean Green ΔE 4.31 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 6.43 #3cb371 Medium Sea Green ΔE 8.36 #50c878 Emerald ΔE 9.50 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 9.74 #b73e64 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Medium Aquamarine
#48c19b  rgb(72, 193, 155)  hsl(161, 49%, 52%)  Medium Aquamarine
#c1486e  rgb(193, 72, 110)  hsl(341, 49%, 52%)  Telemagenta
#9b48c1  rgb(155, 72, 193)  hsl(281, 49%, 52%)  Purpureus
#c19b48  rgb(193, 155, 72)  hsl(41, 49%, 52%)  Goldenrod