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Recognised as Colour

#48C189

  • #48C189
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#48C189 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 193, 137 and HSL 152°, 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 seagreen.

Colour values

#48C189#48C189
HEX#48C189
RGBrgb(72, 193, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7569, 0.5373
RGB percentages28.2%, 75.7%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(152.2, 49.4%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.2, 62.7%, 75.7%)
CMYK62.7%, 0%, 29%, 24.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,768,137
CSS custom property--colour: #48C189;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41324WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.9 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#A3A3A3
Inverted#B73E76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFB386no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#AEA78Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever 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 seagreen · ΔE 7.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Sea green · ΔE 20.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 23Aquamarine · ΔE 23.4Light green · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 7.9, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C14880
Analogous#48C14C, #48BDC1
Triadic#8948C1, #C18948
Split complementary#C148BD, #C14C48
Tetradic#4C48C1, #C14880, #BDC148

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E0F5EB
Lighter +30%#BAE8D3
Lighter +20%#94DBBA
Lighter +10%#6ECEA2
Darker −10%#36A06F
Darker −20%#297A54
Darker −30%#1C543A
Darker −40%#0F2E20
More saturated +25%#29E08B
Less saturated −25%#67A287

Channel breakdown

R72
G193
B137
Red72 (28.2%)
Green193 (75.7%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue152.23°
Saturation (HSL)49.39%
Lightness51.96%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G C1 · B 89

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