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Recognised as Colour

#48AAA3

  • #48AAA3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#48AAA3 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 170, 163 and HSL 176°, 40%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#48AAA3#48AAA3
HEX#48AAA3
RGBrgb(72, 170, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6667, 0.6392
RGB percentages28.2%, 66.7%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(175.7, 40.5%, 47.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.7, 57.6%, 66.7%)
CMYK57.6%, 0%, 4.1%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,762,275
CSS custom property--colour: #48AAA3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32772WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.55:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#B7555C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A1A2A3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9296A4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.6Cadetblue · ΔE 11.2Dark cyan · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.1Teal · ΔE 16.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA484F
Analogous#48AA72, #4880AA
Triadic#A348AA, #AAA348
Split complementary#AA4880, #AA7248
Tetradic#7248AA, #AA484F, #80AA48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2ECEA
Lighter +30%#AEDDD9
Lighter +20%#8ACEC9
Lighter +10%#67BEB8
Darker −10%#398681
Darker −20%#2A625E
Darker −30%#1A3F3C
Darker −40%#0B1B1A
More saturated +25%#2AC8BD
Less saturated −25%#668C89

Channel breakdown

R72
G170
B163
Red72 (28.2%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue175.71°
Saturation (HSL)40.5%
Lightness47.45%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G AA · B A3

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