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Recognised as Colour

#48AEAD

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

#48AEAD is a cyan with RGB values 72, 174, 173 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

#48AEAD#48AEAD
HEX#48AEAD
RGBrgb(72, 174, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6824, 0.6784
RGB percentages28.2%, 68.2%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(179.4, 41.5%, 48.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 58.6%, 68.2%)
CMYK58.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,763,309
CSS custom property--colour: #48AEAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34667WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.8 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#B75152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A6ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#939AAEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.3 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 8.4Cadetblue · ΔE 10.7Dark cyan · ΔE 13.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Teal · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE4849
Analogous#48AE7A, #487CAE
Triadic#AD48AE, #AEAD48
Split complementary#AE487C, #AE7A48
Tetradic#7A48AE, #AE4849, #7CAE48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5EDED
Lighter +30%#B0DFDE
Lighter +20%#8CD0CF
Lighter +10%#68C1C0
Darker −10%#398A89
Darker −20%#2A6665
Darker −30%#1B4241
Darker −40%#0C1E1E
More saturated +25%#29CDCB
Less saturated −25%#678F8F

Channel breakdown

R72
G174
B173
Red72 (28.2%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue179.41°
Saturation (HSL)41.46%
Lightness48.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G AE · B AD

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