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Recognised as Colour

#48BED7

  • #48BED7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#48BED7 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 190, 215 and HSL 190°, 64%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#48BED7#48BED7
HEX#48BED7
RGBrgb(72, 190, 215)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7451, 0.8431
RGB percentages28.2%, 74.5%, 84.3%
HSLhsl(190.5, 64.1%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 66.5%, 84.3%)
CMYK66.5%, 11.6%, 0%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,767,447
CSS custom property--colour: #48BED7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43111WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.62:1
Contrast with white2.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#B74128

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACB8D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A9D7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C8C6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.18:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.62:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.8Light skyblue · ΔE 17.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.3Light seagreen · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.76, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D76148
Analogous#48D7A9, #4876D7
Triadic#D748BE, #BED748
Split complementary#D74876, #D7A948
Tetradic#A948D7, #D76148, #76D748

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFF9FC
Lighter +30%#C6EBF2
Lighter +20%#9CDCE9
Lighter +10%#72CDE0
Darker −10%#2AA7C2
Darker −20%#218398
Darker −30%#185F6E
Darker −40%#0F3B44
More saturated +25%#2CD0F3
Less saturated −25%#64ACBB

Channel breakdown

R72
G190
B215
Red72 (28.2%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue215 (84.3%)
Hue190.49°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G BE · B D7

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