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#48ceab

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

RGB
72, 206, 171
HSL
164°, 58%, 55%
CMYK
65, 0, 17, 19
Luminance
0.4846

Every format

HEX#48ceab
RGBrgb(72, 206, 171)
HSLhsl(164, 58%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(65%, 0%, 17%, 19%)
LABlab(75.1 -44.6 6.8)
LCHlch(75.1 45.1 171.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.769 0.127 172.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #48ceab;
background-color: #48ceab;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#48ceab] bg-[#48ceab]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #48ceab;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.282, green: 0.808, blue: 0.671)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#48ceab")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#48ceab on white: 1.96:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#48ceab on black: 10.69:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red28.2%
Green80.8%
Blue67.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan65.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow17.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#48ceab text on a black background

contrast 10.69:1

Card sample

#48ceab text on a white background

contrast 1.96:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(72, 206, 171, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(72, 206, 171, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #48ceab;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #48ceab, #4898CE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #48ceab

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #48ceab in the Color Lab