Information about #048B81 color

#048B81 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#048B81 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(4, 139, 129) — 1.6% red, 54.5% green, 50.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 53 / 0 / 4 / 45. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #048B81 reads as a maximally vivid water-like cyan and holds a balanced mid-tone. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Robo Teal Takedown (#008285). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Dark Cyan (#0A888A) and Teal (#008080).

The recipe behind #048B81 is rgb(4, 139, 129), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #048B81: 5.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AA) versus 4.2:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #048B81 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#048B81 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#048B81 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#048B81 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#048B81 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#048B81 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#048B81 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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#8B3E04
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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#82048B
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#8B8204
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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#3E048B
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#8B040D
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#508B04
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Nearest named colors to #048B81

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Robo Teal Takedown color link
Robo Teal Takedown

#008285

Dark Cyan color link
Dark Cyan

#0A888A

Teal color link
Teal

#008080

Windfall color link
Windfall

#008575

ChaosDragon color link
ChaosDragon

#139084

Paolo Veronese Green color link
Paolo Veronese Green

#009B7D

Observatory color link
Observatory

#008F70

Metallic Seaweed color link
Metallic Seaweed

#0A7E8C

Bluegreen color link
Bluegreen

#017A79

Surfie Green color link
Surfie Green

#007B77

Deep Aqua color link
Deep Aqua

#08787F

Origin color link
Origin

#009C8A

#048B81 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#048B81
  • RGB4, 139, 129
  • CMYK53, 0, 4, 45
  • CSSrgb(4, 139, 129)
  • HSL176°, 94%, 28%
  • HSL Precise175.556°, 94.406%, 28.039%
  • HSV176°, 97%, 55%
  • HSB176°, 97%, 55%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.016
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.545
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.506
  • GLSLvec3(0.016, 0.545, 0.506)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.016, 0.545, 0.506, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.016, 0.545, 0.506)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB1.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB54.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB50.6%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID048B81
  • DECIMAL ID297857
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers11 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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