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#48DFD8

#48dfd8 ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#48dfd8 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 84.71% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 67.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.14% yellow and 12.55% black. Its hue angle is 177.22°, 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 12.82:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 2.8.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33cccc
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Relative luminance0.5911

Complementary

  1. #48dfd8
  2. #df484f

Split complementary

  1. #48dfd8
  2. #df489a
  3. #df8c48

Analogous

  1. #48df8c
  2. #48dfd8
  3. #489adf

Triadic

  1. #48dfd8
  2. #d848df
  3. #dfd848

Tetradic

  1. #48dfd8
  2. #484fdf
  3. #df484f
  4. #dfd848

Square

  1. #48dfd8
  2. #8c48df
  3. #df484f
  4. #9adf48

Monochromatic

  1. #157974
  2. #21bab3
  3. #48dfd8
  4. #89eae6
  5. #caf6f4

Shades

#48dfd8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #48dfd8
  2. #41c9c2
  3. #3ab2ad
  4. #329c97
  5. #2b8682
  6. #24706c
  7. #1d5956
  8. #164341
  9. #0e2d2b
  10. #071616
  11. #000000

Tints

#48dfd8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #48dfd8
  2. #5ae2dc
  3. #6de5e0
  4. #7fe9e4
  5. #91ece8
  6. #a4efec
  7. #b6f2ef
  8. #c8f5f3
  9. #daf9f7
  10. #edfcfb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#48dfd8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #48dfd8
  2. #4ed6cf
  3. #53ccc6
  4. #59c3be
  5. #5eb9b5
  6. #64b0ac
  7. #6aa6a3
  8. #6f9d9a
  9. #759392
  10. #7a8a89
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.64:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.82:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cacaca ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #a6d3d0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d2d4d8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc3d9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00e5dc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #acd8d8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bcfd9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00e3db ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-48dfd8 {
  color: #48dfd8;
}
Background
.bg-48dfd8 {
  background-color: #48dfd8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-48dfd8 {
  border: 2px solid #48dfd8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #48dfd8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 72 223 216;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 70% 58%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-48dfd8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48dfd8, #489adf);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-48dfd8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(72 223 216 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.80 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 3.04 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 3.34 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 5.34 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 5.40 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.37 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.37 #b72027 Inverted #cacaca Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#48dfd8  rgb(72, 223, 216)  hsl(177, 70%, 58%)  Bright Turquoise
#df484f  rgb(223, 72, 79)  hsl(357, 70%, 58%)  Indian Red
#d848df  rgb(216, 72, 223)  hsl(297, 70%, 58%)  Medium Orchid
#dfd848  rgb(223, 216, 72)  hsl(57, 70%, 58%)  Dandelion