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Recognised as Colour

#48BC92

  • #48BC92
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#48BC92 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 188, 146 and HSL 158°, 46%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#48BC92#48BC92
HEX#48BC92
RGBrgb(72, 188, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7373, 0.5725
RGB percentages28.2%, 73.7%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(158.3, 46.4%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.3, 61.7%, 73.7%)
CMYK61.7%, 0%, 22.3%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,766,866
CSS custom property--colour: #48BC92;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39419WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.88:1
Contrast with white2.36:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#B7436D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8AF90no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8A495no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00BCB0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.36:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.6Medium seagreen · ΔE 14.3Light seagreen · ΔE 19.1Sea green · ΔE 19.6Turquoise · ΔE 20Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 8.64, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC4872
Analogous#48BC58, #48ACBC
Triadic#9248BC, #BC9248
Split complementary#BC48AC, #BC5848
Tetradic#5848BC, #BC4872, #ACBC48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDF3EB
Lighter +30%#B8E5D5
Lighter +20%#93D7BE
Lighter +10%#6DCAA8
Darker −10%#389976
Darker −20%#2A7459
Darker −30%#1D4E3C
Darker −40%#0F2920
More saturated +25%#29DB9B
Less saturated −25%#679D89

Channel breakdown

R72
G188
B146
Red72 (28.2%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue158.28°
Saturation (HSL)46.4%
Lightness50.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G BC · B 92

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