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#48DFD7

#48dfd7 ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48dfd7 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.24% red, 87.45% green and 84.31% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.59% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 176.82°, with 70.23% saturation and 57.84% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.81:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 2.69.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5906

Complementary

  1. #48dfd7
  2. #df4850

Split complementary

  1. #48dfd7
  2. #df489b
  3. #df8b48

Analogous

  1. #48df8b
  2. #48dfd7
  3. #489bdf

Triadic

  1. #48dfd7
  2. #d748df
  3. #dfd748

Tetradic

  1. #48dfd7
  2. #4850df
  3. #df4850
  4. #dfd748

Square

  1. #48dfd7
  2. #8b48df
  3. #df4850
  4. #9bdf48

Monochromatic

  1. #157974
  2. #21bab2
  3. #48dfd7
  4. #89eae5
  5. #caf6f3

Shades

#48dfd7 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48dfd7
  2. #41c9c2
  3. #3ab2ac
  4. #329c97
  5. #2b8681
  6. #24706c
  7. #1d5956
  8. #164341
  9. #0e2d2b
  10. #071616
  11. #000000

Tints

#48dfd7 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48dfd7
  2. #5ae2db
  3. #6de5df
  4. #7fe9e3
  5. #91ece7
  6. #a4efeb
  7. #b6f2ef
  8. #c8f5f3
  9. #daf9f7
  10. #edfcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48dfd7 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48dfd7
  2. #4ed6ce
  3. #53ccc6
  4. #59c3bd
  5. #5eb9b4
  6. #64b0ac
  7. #6aa6a3
  8. #6f9d9a
  9. #759391
  10. #7a8a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.81:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6d3cf ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d4d7 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc3d8 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acd8d7 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bcfd8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e3da ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48dfd7 {
  color: #48dfd7;
}
Background
.bg-48dfd7 {
  background-color: #48dfd7;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48dfd7 {
  border: 2px solid #48dfd7;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48dfd7;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 223 215;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 70% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48dfd7 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48dfd7, #489bdf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48dfd7 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 223 215 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.69 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 2.70 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.42 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.48 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.60 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 7.33 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.49 #b72028 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#48dfd7  rgb(72, 223, 215)  hsl(177, 70%, 58%)  Bright Turquoise
#df4850  rgb(223, 72, 80)  hsl(357, 70%, 58%)  Indian Red
#d748df  rgb(215, 72, 223)  hsl(297, 70%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#dfd748  rgb(223, 215, 72)  hsl(57, 70%, 58%)  Dandelion