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Colour

#48C8FF

  • #48C8FF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#48C8FF is a cyan with RGB values 72, 200, 255 and HSL 198°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 11:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#48C8FF#48C8FF
HEX#48C8FF
RGBrgb(72, 200, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7843, 1
RGB percentages28.2%, 78.4%, 100%
HSLhsl(198, 100%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198, 71.8%, 100%)
CMYK71.8%, 21.6%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,770,047
CSS custom property--colour: #48C8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49906WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.98:1
Contrast with white1.91:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#B73700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ACC5FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#93B4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.91:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.5Light skyblue · ΔE 11.6Sky blue · ΔE 16.4Light steelblue · ΔE 27.4Light blue · ΔE 27.6Steel blue · ΔE 27.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7F48
Analogous#48FFDB, #486CFF
Triadic#FF48C8, #C8FF48
Split complementary#FF486C, #FFDB48
Tetradic#DB48FF, #FF7F48, #6CFF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1F6FF
Lighter +20%#AEE7FF
Lighter +10%#7BD7FF
Darker −10%#15B9FF
Darker −20%#009DE1
Darker −30%#007AAE
Darker −40%#00567B
More saturated +25%#48C8FF
Less saturated −25%#5FBFE8

Channel breakdown

R72
G200
B255
Red72 (28.2%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue198.03°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G C8 · B FF

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