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Colour

#48AFB1

  • #48AFB1
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#48AFB1 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 175, 177 and HSL 181°, 42%, 49%. 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

#48AFB1#48AFB1
HEX#48AFB1
RGBrgb(72, 175, 177)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6863, 0.6941
RGB percentages28.2%, 68.6%, 69.4%
HSLhsl(181.1, 42.2%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.1, 59.3%, 69.4%)
CMYK59.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,763,569
CSS custom property--colour: #48AFB1;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35212WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.04:1
Contrast with white2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#B7504E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A7B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#939BB2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4AFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.5Cadetblue · ΔE 10.6Dark cyan · ΔE 13.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 14Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.1Teal · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.47, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B14A48
Analogous#48B17E, #487BB1
Triadic#B148AF, #AFB148
Split complementary#B1487B, #B17E48
Tetradic#7E48B1, #B14A48, #7BB148

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6EEEF
Lighter +30%#B2DFE0
Lighter +20%#8ED0D1
Lighter +10%#6AC1C2
Darker −10%#398B8D
Darker −20%#2B6768
Darker −30%#1C4344
Darker −40%#0D2020
More saturated +25%#29CDD0
Less saturated −25%#679192

Channel breakdown

R72
G175
B177
Red72 (28.2%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue177 (69.4%)
Hue181.14°
Saturation (HSL)42.17%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G AF · B B1

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