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Recognised as Colour

#48BBAE

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

#48BBAE is a cyan with RGB values 72, 187, 174 and HSL 173°, 46%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#48BBAE#48BBAE
HEX#48BBAE
RGBrgb(72, 187, 174)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7333, 0.6824
RGB percentages28.2%, 73.3%, 68.2%
HSLhsl(173.2, 45.8%, 50.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.2, 61.5%, 73.3%)
CMYK61.5%, 0%, 7%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,766,638
CSS custom property--colour: #48BBAE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39974WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A2A2A2
Inverted#B74451

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B2B1AEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A4AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BFB7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3Turquoise · ΔE 14.7Cadetblue · ΔE 18.2
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.4, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB4855
Analogous#48BB75, #488EBB
Triadic#AE48BB, #BBAE48
Split complementary#BB488E, #BB7548
Tetradic#7548BB, #BB4855, #8EBB48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDF2F0
Lighter +30%#B8E4DF
Lighter +20%#92D7CF
Lighter +10%#6DC9BE
Darker −10%#38988D
Darker −20%#2B726A
Darker −30%#1D4D48
Darker −40%#0F2825
More saturated +25%#29DAC6
Less saturated −25%#679C96

Channel breakdown

R72
G187
B174
Red72 (28.2%)
Green187 (73.3%)
Blue174 (68.2%)
Hue173.22°
Saturation (HSL)45.82%
Lightness50.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G BB · B AE

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