Nerdulator> put something in

Colour

#48C5FE

  • #48C5FE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#48C5FE is a cyan with RGB values 72, 197, 254 and HSL 199°, 99%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#48C5FE#48C5FE
HEX#48C5FE
RGBrgb(72, 197, 254)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7725, 0.9961
RGB percentages28.2%, 77.3%, 99.6%
HSLhsl(198.8, 98.9%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 71.7%, 99.6%)
CMYK71.7%, 22.4%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,769,278
CSS custom property--colour: #48C5FE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.69:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#B73A01

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A9C3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#90B1FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D4D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 5.4Light skyblue · ΔE 11.9Sky blue · ΔE 17.2Steel blue · ΔE 26.4Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5Light blue · ΔE 28.4
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FE8148
Analogous#48FEDC, #486AFE
Triadic#FE48C5, #C5FE48
Split complementary#FE486A, #FEDC48
Tetradic#DC48FE, #FE8148, #6AFE48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0F5FF
Lighter +20%#ADE5FF
Lighter +10%#7BD5FE
Darker −10%#15B5FE
Darker −20%#0199DF
Darker −30%#0176AC
Darker −40%#015479
More saturated +25%#47C5FF
Less saturated −25%#5FBCE7

Channel breakdown

R72
G197
B254
Red72 (28.2%)
Green197 (77.3%)
Blue254 (99.6%)
Hue198.79°
Saturation (HSL)98.91%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G C5 · B FE

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “48c5fe” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.