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Recognised as Colour

#48CCE8

  • #48CCE8
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#48CCE8 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 204, 232 and HSL 191°, 78%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#48CCE8#48CCE8
HEX#48CCE8
RGBrgb(72, 204, 232)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8, 0.9098
RGB percentages28.2%, 80%, 91%
HSLhsl(190.5, 77.7%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(190.5, 69%, 91%)
CMYK69%, 12.1%, 0%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,771,048
CSS custom property--colour: #48CCE8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5039WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#B73317

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8C6EAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2B5E8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00D7D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.7Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 17Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.8Light blue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.75, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E86448
Analogous#48E8B4, #487CE8
Triadic#E848CC, #CCE848
Split complementary#E8487C, #E8B448
Tetradic#B448E8, #E86448, #7CE848

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFFFF
Lighter +30%#D0F2F9
Lighter +20%#A3E5F3
Lighter +10%#75D9EE
Darker −10%#1CBEE1
Darker −20%#1798B3
Darker −30%#117286
Darker −40%#0B4B59
More saturated +25%#31DBFF
Less saturated −25%#62BBCE

Channel breakdown

R72
G204
B232
Red72 (28.2%)
Green204 (80%)
Blue232 (91%)
Hue190.5°
Saturation (HSL)77.67%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G CC · B E8

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