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Recognised as Colour

#48AFA7

  • #48AFA7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#48AFA7 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 175, 167 and HSL 175°, 42%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#48AFA7#48AFA7
HEX#48AFA7
RGBrgb(72, 175, 167)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6863, 0.6549
RGB percentages28.2%, 68.6%, 65.5%
HSLhsl(175.3, 41.7%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 58.9%, 68.6%)
CMYK58.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,763,559
CSS custom property--colour: #48AFA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness150.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.97:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#B75058

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A6A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#969AA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.2Cadetblue · ΔE 12.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.2Dark cyan · ΔE 14.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF4850
Analogous#48AF73, #4884AF
Triadic#A748AF, #AFA748
Split complementary#AF4884, #AF7348
Tetradic#7448AF, #AF4850, #84AF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5EEEC
Lighter +30%#B1DFDB
Lighter +20%#8DD0CB
Lighter +10%#69C1BA
Darker −10%#398B85
Darker −20%#2A6762
Darker −30%#1B4340
Darker −40%#0D1E1D
More saturated +25%#29CEC1
Less saturated −25%#67908D

Channel breakdown

R72
G175
B167
Red72 (28.2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue167 (65.5%)
Hue175.34°
Saturation (HSL)41.7%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G AF · B A7

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