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Recognised as Colour

#48BEC3

  • #48BEC3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#48BEC3 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 190, 195 and HSL 182°, 51%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#48BEC3#48BEC3
HEX#48BEC3
RGBrgb(72, 190, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7451, 0.7647
RGB percentages28.2%, 74.5%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(182.4, 50.6%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.4, 63.1%, 76.5%)
CMYK63.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,767,427
CSS custom property--colour: #48BEC3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42145WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.43:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#B7413C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B6C4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA8C4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4BFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.1Light seagreen · ΔE 10.3Cadetblue · ΔE 15.7Turquoise · ΔE 18.6Dark cyan · ΔE 19.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 9.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C34D48
Analogous#48C38B, #4880C3
Triadic#C348BE, #BEC348
Split complementary#C34880, #C38B48
Tetradic#8B48C3, #C34D48, #81C348

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F5F5
Lighter +30%#BBE7E9
Lighter +20%#95D9DC
Lighter +10%#6ECCD0
Darker −10%#359EA3
Darker −20%#29797C
Darker −30%#1C5456
Darker −40%#102E2F
More saturated +25%#2ADAE1
Less saturated −25%#66A2A5

Channel breakdown

R72
G190
B195
Red72 (28.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue182.44°
Saturation (HSL)50.62%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G BE · B C3

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