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Recognised as Colour

#48A2EE

  • #48A2EE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#48A2EE is a blue with RGB values 72, 162, 238 and HSL 207°, 83%, 61%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#48A2EE#48A2EE
HEX#48A2EE
RGBrgb(72, 162, 238)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6353, 0.9333
RGB percentages28.2%, 63.5%, 93.3%
HSLhsl(207.5, 83%, 60.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.5, 69.7%, 93.3%)
CMYK69.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,760,302
CSS custom property--colour: #48A2EE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33391WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.68:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#B75D11

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#80A5F1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6995EDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 44 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.4Steel blue · ΔE 18.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 22.1Light skyblue · ΔE 24.5Sky blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE9448
Analogous#48EEE7, #484FEE
Triadic#EE48A2, #A2EE48
Split complementary#EE484F, #EEE748
Tetradic#E748EE, #EE9448, #4FEE48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D4E9FB
Lighter +20%#A5D1F7
Lighter +10%#77BAF2
Darker −10%#198AEA
Darker −20%#126FBE
Darker −30%#0D5490
Darker −40%#093961
More saturated +25%#37A3FF
Less saturated −25%#61A0D5

Channel breakdown

R72
G162
B238
Red72 (28.2%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue238 (93.3%)
Hue207.47°
Saturation (HSL)83%
Lightness60.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G A2 · B EE

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