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#48baac

a balanced, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: turquoise

RGB
72, 186, 172
HSL
173°, 45%, 51%
CMYK
61, 0, 8, 27
Luminance
0.3947

Every format

HEX#48baac
RGBrgb(72, 186, 172)
HSLhsl(173, 45%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(61%, 0%, 8%, 27%)
LABlab(69.1 -35.4 -2.5)
LCHlch(69.1 35.5 184.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.721 0.104 184.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #48baac;
background-color: #48baac;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#48baac] bg-[#48baac]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #48baac;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.282, green: 0.729, blue: 0.675)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#48baac")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#48baac on white: 2.36:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#48baac on black: 8.89:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red28.2%
Green72.9%
Blue67.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan61.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow7.5%
Key (black)27.1%

Color previews

#48baac text on a black background

contrast 8.89:1

Card sample

#48baac text on a white background

contrast 2.36:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #48baac;
Background color
Panel with #48baac background
background-color: #48baac;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #48baac;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(72, 186, 172, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(72, 186, 172, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #48baac;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48baac, #487CBA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #48baac

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #48baac in the Color Lab