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Recognised as Colour

#48A8FE

  • #48A8FE
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#48A8FE is a blue with RGB values 72, 168, 254 and HSL 208°, 99%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#48A8FE#48A8FE
HEX#48A8FE
RGBrgb(72, 168, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6588, 0.9961
RGB percentages28.2%, 65.9%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(208.4, 98.9%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208.4, 71.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK71.7%, 33.9%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,761,854
CSS custom property--colour: #48A8FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.31:1
Contrast with white2.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#B75701

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#81ACFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#679BFCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 11.2Dodgerblue · ΔE 18.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.8Light skyblue · ΔE 27.7Sky blue · ΔE 35
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 11.2, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE9E48
Analogous#48FEF9, #484DFE
Triadic#FE48A8, #A8FE48
Split complementary#FE484D, #FEF948
Tetradic#F948FE, #FE9E48, #4DFE48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0F0FF
Lighter +20%#ADD8FF
Lighter +10%#7BC0FE
Darker −10%#1590FE
Darker −20%#0176DF
Darker −30%#015BAC
Darker −40%#014079
More saturated +25%#47A8FF
Less saturated −25%#5FA7E7

Channel breakdown

R72
G168
B254
Red72 (28.2%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue208.35°
Saturation (HSL)98.91%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G A8 · B FE

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