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Recognised as Colour

#48848B

  • #48848B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#48848B is a cyan with RGB values 72, 132, 139 and HSL 186°, 32%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#48848B#48848B
HEX#48848B
RGBrgb(72, 132, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.5176, 0.5451
RGB percentages28.2%, 51.8%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(186.3, 31.8%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 48.2%, 54.5%)
CMYK48.2%, 5%, 0%, 45.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,752,523
CSS custom property--colour: #48848B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19744WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness118.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.95:1
Contrast with white4.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.95:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#787878
Inverted#B77B74

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7C808Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#70778Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Tritanopia#248886no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.24:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.95:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 10.1Teal · ΔE 11.9Dark cyan · ΔE 13.2Slate grey · ΔE 15.4Light slate grey · ΔE 15.9Gray · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 10.14, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#8B4F48
Analogous#488B71, #48628B
Triadic#8B4884, #848B48
Split complementary#8B4862, #8B7148
Tetradic#71488B, #8B4F48, #628B48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C0DBDF
Lighter +30%#9FC8CD
Lighter +20%#7DB5BC
Lighter +10%#5CA2AA
Darker −10%#376469
Darker −20%#254448
Darker −30%#142426
Darker −40%#020405
More saturated +25%#2E99A5
Less saturated −25%#626F71

Channel breakdown

R72
G132
B139
Red72 (28.2%)
Green132 (51.8%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue186.27°
Saturation (HSL)31.75%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G 84 · B 8B

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