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Recognised as Colour

#48B3DA

  • #48B3DA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#48B3DA is a cyan with RGB values 72, 179, 218 and HSL 196°, 66%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#48B3DA#48B3DA
HEX#48B3DA
RGBrgb(72, 179, 218)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.702, 0.8549
RGB percentages28.2%, 70.2%, 85.5%
HSLhsl(196, 66.4%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196, 67%, 85.5%)
CMYK67%, 17.9%, 0%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,764,634
CSS custom property--colour: #48B3DA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3868WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#B74C25

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EB0DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#89A1DAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFC0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.5Light skyblue · ΔE 13.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.5Steel blue · ΔE 21.9Cadetblue · ΔE 22.5Light steelblue · ΔE 24
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.48, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA6F48
Analogous#48DAB8, #486ADA
Triadic#DA48B3, #B3DA48
Split complementary#DA486A, #DAB848
Tetradic#B848DA, #DA6F48, #6ADA48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2F9FC
Lighter +30%#C7E8F4
Lighter +20%#9DD6EB
Lighter +10%#72C5E3
Darker −10%#289CC7
Darker −20%#207B9C
Darker −30%#175A72
Darker −40%#0E3848
More saturated +25%#2DC0F5
Less saturated −25%#64A6BF

Channel breakdown

R72
G179
B218
Red72 (28.2%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue218 (85.5%)
Hue196.03°
Saturation (HSL)66.36%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G B3 · B DA

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