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Recognised as Colour

#48B1DB

  • #48B1DB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#48B1DB is a cyan with RGB values 72, 177, 219 and HSL 197°, 67%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#48B1DB#48B1DB
HEX#48B1DB
RGBrgb(72, 177, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.6941, 0.8588
RGB percentages28.2%, 69.4%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(197.1, 67.1%, 57.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.1, 67.1%, 85.9%)
CMYK67.1%, 19.2%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,764,123
CSS custom property--colour: #48B1DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37936WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.59:1
Contrast with white2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#B74E24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BAEDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#879FDAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDBFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.3Light skyblue · ΔE 13.4Sky blue · ΔE 14.4Steel blue · ΔE 20.4Cadetblue · ΔE 23.7Light steelblue · ΔE 24.1
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.35, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB7248
Analogous#48DBBB, #4868DB
Triadic#DB48B1, #B1DB48
Split complementary#DB4868, #DBBB48
Tetradic#BB48DB, #DB7248, #68DB48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2FAFD
Lighter +30%#C8E7F4
Lighter +20%#9DD5EC
Lighter +10%#73C3E3
Darker −10%#279BC9
Darker −20%#1F7A9E
Darker −30%#175973
Darker −40%#0E3849
More saturated +25%#2DBDF6
Less saturated −25%#63A5C0

Channel breakdown

R72
G177
B219
Red72 (28.2%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue197.14°
Saturation (HSL)67.12%
Lightness57.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G B1 · B DB

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