Information about #48A495 color

#48A495 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #48A495 belongs to the Cyan Color Family, featuring Mild Saturation and Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(72, 164, 149) (28.2% red, 64.3% green, 58.4% blue), or CMYK 36 / 0 / 6 / 36 for print. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A moderately toned water-like cyan, #48A495 carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Moderate Turquoise (#4AA891). Slightly further away sit Moderate Opal (#4AA89C) and Greeny Blue (#42B395).

In RGB terms — rgb(72, 164, 149) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #48A495: 7.0:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 3.0:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#48A495 color variations

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

#48A495 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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#8CCCC1

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White

#FFFFFF

#48A495 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#2A6158

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Black

#000000

#48A495 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#48A495 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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#48A495 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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#A34857
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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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#A36648

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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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#48A366
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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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#9448A3
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#A39448
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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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#4857A3
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#A39448
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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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#6648A3
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#A34857
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#85A348
#85A348

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Nearest named colors to #48A495

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

Moderate Turquoise color link
Moderate Turquoise

#4AA891

Moderate Opal color link
Moderate Opal

#4AA89C

Greeny Blue color link
Greeny Blue

#42B395

Sea color link
Sea

#3C9992

Moderate Aquamarine color link
Moderate Aquamarine

#4AA885

Zomp color link
Zomp

#39A78E

Hightail Teal color link
Hightail Teal

#40B493

Moderate Cyan color link
Moderate Cyan

#4AA8A8

Patriot color link
Patriot

#4F9292

Deep Seafoam color link
Deep Seafoam

#55979C

Landmark color link
Landmark

#3E9889

Such Fun color link
Such Fun

#489EA8

#48A495 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#48A495
  • RGB72, 164, 149
  • CMYK36, 0, 6, 36
  • CSSrgb(72, 164, 149)
  • HSL170°, 39%, 46%
  • HSL Precise170.217°, 38.983%, 46.275%
  • HSV170°, 56%, 64%
  • HSB170°, 56%, 64%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.282
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.643
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.584
  • GLSLvec3(0.282, 0.643, 0.584)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.282, 0.643, 0.584, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.282, 0.643, 0.584)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB28.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB64.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB58.4%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX ID48A495
  • DECIMAL ID4760725
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers15 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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