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Recognised as Colour

#48DABA

  • #48DABA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#48DABA is a cyan with RGB values 72, 218, 186 and HSL 167°, 66%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#48DABA#48DABA
HEX#48DABA
RGBrgb(72, 218, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8549, 0.7294
RGB percentages28.2%, 85.5%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(166.8, 66.4%, 56.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.8, 67%, 85.5%)
CMYK67%, 0%, 14.7%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,774,586
CSS custom property--colour: #48DABA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55066WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness182.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.01:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#B72545

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2CDB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BEBEBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00DDD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.2Aquamarine · ΔE 14Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7Light seagreen · ΔE 19.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DA4868
Analogous#48DA71, #48B1DA
Triadic#BA48DA, #DABA48
Split complementary#DA48B1, #DA7148
Tetradic#7148DA, #DA4868, #B1DA48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2FCFA
Lighter +30%#C7F4EA
Lighter +20%#9DEBDA
Lighter +10%#72E3CA
Darker −10%#28C7A4
Darker −20%#209C81
Darker −30%#17725E
Darker −40%#0E483B
More saturated +25%#2DF5C9
Less saturated −25%#64BFAB

Channel breakdown

R72
G218
B186
Red72 (28.2%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue166.85°
Saturation (HSL)66.36%
Lightness56.86%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G DA · B BA

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