Information about #048F71 color

#048F71 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#048F71 falls into the Cyan Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(4, 143, 113) — 1.6% red, 56.1% green, 44.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 55 / 0 / 12 / 44. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #048F71 reads as a pure, full-strength water-like cyan and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Observatory (#008F70). Slightly further away sit Mother Earth (#008F69) and Windfall (#008575).

In RGB terms — rgb(4, 143, 113) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 5.2:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.1:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #048F71 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#048F71 color variations

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

#048F71 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #048F71

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

Observatory color link
Observatory

#008F70

Mother Earth color link
Mother Earth

#008F69

Windfall color link
Windfall

#008575

Deep Sea color link
Deep Sea

#01826B

Green Cyan color link
Green Cyan

#009966

Surfie Green color link
Surfie Green

#007B77

Teal color link
Teal

#008080

Green Haze color link
Green Haze

#01A368

Pine Green color link
Pine Green

#01796F

Bluegreen color link
Bluegreen

#017A79

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#048F71
  • RGB4, 143, 113
  • CMYK55, 0, 12, 44
  • CSSrgb(4, 143, 113)
  • HSL167°, 95%, 29%
  • HSL Precise167.05°, 94.558%, 28.824%
  • HSV167°, 97%, 56%
  • HSB167°, 97%, 56%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.016
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.561
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.443
  • GLSLvec3(0.016, 0.561, 0.443)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.016, 0.561, 0.443, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.016, 0.561, 0.443)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB1.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB56.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB44.3%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID048F71
  • DECIMAL ID298865
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01