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Recognised as Colour

#48C097

  • #48C097
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#48C097 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 192, 151 and HSL 160°, 49%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#48C097#48C097
HEX#48C097
RGBrgb(72, 192, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7529, 0.5922
RGB percentages28.2%, 75.3%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(159.5, 48.8%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.5, 62.5%, 75.3%)
CMYK62.5%, 0%, 21.4%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,767,895
CSS custom property--colour: #48C097;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41311WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness160.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.26:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#B73F68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCB395no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original
Deuteranopia#ABA79Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1B4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.8 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 text9.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 7.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.2Turquoise · ΔE 18.5Light seagreen · ΔE 18.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 20.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 7.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C04871
Analogous#48C05B, #48ADC0
Triadic#9748C0, #C09748
Split complementary#C048AD, #C05B48
Tetradic#5B48C0, #C04871, #ADC048

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0F4ED
Lighter +30%#BAE7D8
Lighter +20%#94DAC2
Lighter +10%#6ECDAD
Darker −10%#379E7B
Darker −20%#29795E
Darker −30%#1C5340
Darker −40%#0F2D23
More saturated +25%#29DFA1
Less saturated −25%#67A18D

Channel breakdown

R72
G192
B151
Red72 (28.2%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue159.5°
Saturation (HSL)48.78%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G C0 · B 97

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