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Recognised as Colour

#48A2FE

  • #48A2FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#48A2FE is a blue with RGB values 72, 162, 254 and HSL 210°, 99%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#48A2FE#48A2FE
HEX#48A2FE
RGBrgb(72, 162, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6353, 0.9961
RGB percentages28.2%, 63.5%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(210.3, 98.9%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210.3, 71.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK71.7%, 36.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,760,318
CSS custom property--colour: #48A2FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34374WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness155.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.87:1
Contrast with white2.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#B75D01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#78A8FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#5D97FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 9.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8C4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.67:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 8.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 13.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 24.3Steel blue · ΔE 25.7Royal blue · ΔE 31.5Light skyblue · ΔE 31.9
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 8.36, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FEA448
Analogous#48FDFE, #4948FE
Triadic#FE48A2, #A2FE48
Split complementary#FE4948, #FDFE48
Tetradic#FE48FD, #FEA448, #48FE49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0EFFF
Lighter +20%#ADD6FF
Lighter +10%#7BBCFE
Darker −10%#1588FE
Darker −20%#016FDF
Darker −30%#0156AC
Darker −40%#013C79
More saturated +25%#47A2FF
Less saturated −25%#5FA2E7

Channel breakdown

R72
G162
B254
Red72 (28.2%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue210.33°
Saturation (HSL)98.91%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G A2 · B FE

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