Recognised as Colour

#48D6CB

#48D6CB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Medium turquoise

#48D6CB is a cyan with RGB values 72, 214, 203 and HSL 175°, 63%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#48D6CB#48D6CB

HEX#48D6CB

RGBrgb(72, 214, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8392, 0.7961

RGB percentages28.2%, 83.9%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(175.4, 63.4%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 66.4%, 83.9%)

CMYK66.4%, 0%, 5.1%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,773,579

CSS custom property--colour: #48D6CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53783WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness182 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.76:1

Contrast with white1.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B7B7B7

Inverted#B72934

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBCBCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B6BBCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00DBD2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.79:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 4 Turquoise · ΔE 5.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.3 Aqua · ΔE 17.4

Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 3.98, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D64853

Analogous#48D684, #489AD6

Triadic#CB48D6, #D6CB48

Split complementary#D6489A, #D68448

Tetradic#8448D6, #D64853, #9AD648

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EFFBFA

Lighter +30%#C5F2EF

Lighter +20%#9BE9E3

Lighter +10%#72DFD7

Darker −10%#2BC0B4

Darker −20%#22968D

Darker −30%#186D66

Darker −40%#0F433F

More saturated +25%#2CF2E3

Less saturated −25%#64BAB3

Channel breakdown

R72

G214

B203

Red72 (28.2%)

Green214 (83.9%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue175.35°

Saturation (HSL)63.39%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G D6 · B CB

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