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Recognised as Colour

#48D7A9

  • #48D7A9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#48D7A9 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 215, 169 and HSL 161°, 64%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#48D7A9#48D7A9
HEX#48D7A9
RGBrgb(72, 215, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8431, 0.6627
RGB percentages28.2%, 84.3%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(160.7, 64.1%, 56.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.7, 66.5%, 84.3%)
CMYK66.5%, 0%, 21.4%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,773,801
CSS custom property--colour: #48D7A9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52843WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness178.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#B72856

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2C9A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFBAACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.2Aquamarine · ΔE 14.8Turquoise · ΔE 16.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 23.1Light seagreen · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 11.23, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D74876
Analogous#48D762, #48BED7
Triadic#A948D7, #D7A948
Split complementary#D748BE, #D76248
Tetradic#6248D7, #D74876, #BED748

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#EFFCF8
Lighter +30%#C6F2E4
Lighter +20%#9CE9D0
Lighter +10%#72E0BD
Darker −10%#2AC291
Darker −20%#219872
Darker −30%#186E52
Darker −40%#0F4433
More saturated +25%#2CF3B3
Less saturated −25%#64BB9F

Channel breakdown

R72
G215
B169
Red72 (28.2%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue160.7°
Saturation (HSL)64.13%
Lightness56.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G D7 · B A9

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