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Recognised as Colour

#48CADF

  • #48CADF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#48CADF is a cyan with RGB values 72, 202, 223 and HSL 188°, 70%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#48CADF#48CADF
HEX#48CADF
RGBrgb(72, 202, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.7922, 0.8745
RGB percentages28.2%, 79.2%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(188.3, 70.2%, 57.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 67.7%, 87.5%)
CMYK67.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,770,527
CSS custom property--colour: #48CADF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48946WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.79:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#B73520

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C3E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3B3DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3D0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Sky blue · ΔE 14.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5Light skyblue · ΔE 19.8Cadetblue · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF5D48
Analogous#48DFA9, #487EDF
Triadic#DF48CA, #CADF48
Split complementary#DF487F, #DFA848
Tetradic#A848DF, #DF5D48, #7FDF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FCFD
Lighter +30%#CAF0F6
Lighter +20%#9FE3EE
Lighter +10%#73D7E7
Darker −10%#24B8D0
Darker −20%#1D91A4
Darker −30%#156B79
Darker −40%#0E454D
More saturated +25%#2DDDFA
Less saturated −25%#63B7C4

Channel breakdown

R72
G202
B223
Red72 (28.2%)
Green202 (79.2%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue188.34°
Saturation (HSL)70.23%
Lightness57.84%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G CA · B DF

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