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Recognised as Colour

#48ACFF

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

#48ACFF is a blue with RGB values 72, 172, 255 and HSL 207°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#48ACFF#48ACFF
HEX#48ACFF
RGBrgb(72, 172, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6745, 1
RGB percentages28.2%, 67.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(207.2, 100%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(207.2, 71.8%, 100%)
CMYK71.8%, 32.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,762,879
CSS custom property--colour: #48ACFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38103WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.62:1
Contrast with white2.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#B75300

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#86AFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C9EFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.44:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 13.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.3Dodgerblue · ΔE 20.6Steel blue · ΔE 23.3Light skyblue · ΔE 25.4Sky blue · ΔE 32.7
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 13.34, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9B48
Analogous#48FFF6, #4851FF
Triadic#FF48AC, #ACFF48
Split complementary#FF4851, #FFF648
Tetradic#F648FF, #FF9B48, #51FF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F1FF
Lighter +20%#AEDAFF
Lighter +10%#7BC3FF
Darker −10%#1595FF
Darker −20%#007BE1
Darker −30%#005FAE
Darker −40%#00437B
More saturated +25%#48ACFF
Less saturated −25%#5FAAE8

Channel breakdown

R72
G172
B255
Red72 (28.2%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue207.21°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G AC · B FF

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