Recognised as Colour

#48BB86

#48BB86
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#48BB86 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 187, 134 and HSL 152°, 46%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#48BB86#48BB86

HEX#48BB86

RGBrgb(72, 187, 134)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7333, 0.5255

RGB percentages28.2%, 73.3%, 52.5%

HSLhsl(152.3, 45.8%, 50.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(152.3, 61.5%, 73.3%)

CMYK61.5%, 0%, 28.3%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,766,598

CSS custom property--colour: #48BB86;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3864WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness155.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.73:1

Contrast with white2.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F

Inverted#B74479

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B9AE83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#A9A289no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.4 from the original

Tritanopia#02BAADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.41:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 8.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.4 Sea green · ΔE 17.9 Dark seagreen · ΔE 21.4 Aquamarine · ΔE 24.8 Turquoise · ΔE 25

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 8.27, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#BB487D

Analogous#48BB4C, #48B7BB

Triadic#8648BB, #BB8648

Split complementary#BB48B7, #BB4C48

Tetradic#4C48BB, #BB487D, #B7BB48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#DDF2E8

Lighter +30%#B8E4D0

Lighter +20%#92D7B7

Lighter +10%#6DC99F

Darker −10%#38986C

Darker −20%#2B7251

Darker −30%#1D4D37

Darker −40%#0F281C

More saturated +25%#29DA88

Less saturated −25%#679C84

Channel breakdown

R72

G187

B134

Red72 (28.2%)

Green187 (73.3%)

Blue134 (52.5%)

Hue152.35°

Saturation (HSL)45.82%

Lightness50.78%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G BB · B 86

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