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Recognised as Colour

#48BEAD

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

#48BEAD is a cyan with RGB values 72, 190, 173 and HSL 171°, 48%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#48BEAD#48BEAD
HEX#48BEAD
RGBrgb(72, 190, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7451, 0.6784
RGB percentages28.2%, 74.5%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(171.4, 47.6%, 51.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.4, 62.1%, 74.5%)
CMYK62.1%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,767,405
CSS custom property--colour: #48BEAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41222WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#B74152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6B4ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4A7AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11Turquoise · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Cadetblue · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE4859
Analogous#48BE72, #4894BE
Triadic#AD48BE, #BEAD48
Split complementary#BE4894, #BE7248
Tetradic#7248BE, #BE4859, #94BE48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF3F0
Lighter +30%#B9E6E0
Lighter +20%#93D9CF
Lighter +10%#6ECBBE
Darker −10%#379C8D
Darker −20%#2A766B
Darker −30%#1D5049
Darker −40%#0F2B27
More saturated +25%#29DDC3
Less saturated −25%#679F97

Channel breakdown

R72
G190
B173
Red72 (28.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue171.36°
Saturation (HSL)47.58%
Lightness51.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G BE · B AD

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