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Colour

#48A87F

  • #48A87F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#48A87F is a cyan with RGB values 72, 168, 127 and HSL 154°, 40%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#48A87F#48A87F
HEX#48A87F
RGBrgb(72, 168, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6588, 0.498
RGB percentages28.2%, 65.9%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(154.4, 40%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.4, 57.1%, 65.9%)
CMYK57.1%, 0%, 24.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,761,727
CSS custom property--colour: #48A87F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30915WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness141.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#B75780

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59D7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#989382no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Tritanopia#1FA89Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 13.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.1Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5Dark cyan · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 13.16, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A84871
Analogous#48A84F, #48A1A8
Triadic#7F48A8, #A87F48
Split complementary#A848A1, #A84F48
Tetradic#4F48A8, #A84871, #A1A848

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D1EBE0
Lighter +30%#ADDCC8
Lighter +20%#89CDB0
Lighter +10%#66BD98
Darker −10%#398464
Darker −20%#296149
Darker −30%#1A3D2E
Darker −40%#0B1913
More saturated +25%#2AC683
Less saturated −25%#668A7B

Channel breakdown

R72
G168
B127
Red72 (28.2%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue154.38°
Saturation (HSL)40%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G A8 · B 7F

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