Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#48AEAC

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

#48AEAC is a cyan with RGB values 72, 174, 172 and HSL 179°, 41%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#48AEAC#48AEAC
HEX#48AEAC
RGBrgb(72, 174, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6824, 0.6745
RGB percentages28.2%, 68.2%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(178.8, 41.5%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.8, 58.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK58.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,763,308
CSS custom property--colour: #48AEAC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34628WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.93:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#989898
Inverted#B75153

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A6ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#949AADno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8Cadetblue · ΔE 10.9Dark cyan · ΔE 13.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Teal · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE484A
Analogous#48AE79, #487DAE
Triadic#AC48AE, #AEAC48
Split complementary#AE487D, #AE7948
Tetradic#7948AE, #AE484A, #7DAE48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5EDED
Lighter +30%#B0DFDE
Lighter +20%#8CD0CE
Lighter +10%#68C1BF
Darker −10%#398A88
Darker −20%#2A6665
Darker −30%#1B4241
Darker −40%#0C1E1D
More saturated +25%#29CDCA
Less saturated −25%#678F8E

Channel breakdown

R72
G174
B172
Red72 (28.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue178.82°
Saturation (HSL)41.46%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G AE · B AC

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “48aeac” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.