Recognised as Colour

#48DACB

#48DACB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#48DACB is a cyan with RGB values 72, 218, 203 and HSL 174°, 66%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#48DACB#48DACB

HEX#48DACB

RGBrgb(72, 218, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8549, 0.7961

RGB percentages28.2%, 85.5%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(173.8, 66.4%, 56.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 67%, 85.5%)

CMYK67%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,774,603

CSS custom property--colour: #48DACB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.17:1

Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#B72534

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CFCECBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABFCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFD5no 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 text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.6 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 14.6 Aqua · ΔE 16.7

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.96, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DA4857

Analogous#48DA82, #48A0DA

Triadic#CB48DA, #DACB48

Split complementary#DA48A0, #DA8248

Tetradic#8248DA, #DA4857, #A0DA48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F2FCFB

Lighter +30%#C7F4EF

Lighter +20%#9DEBE3

Lighter +10%#72E3D7

Darker −10%#28C7B7

Darker −20%#209C90

Darker −30%#177269

Darker −40%#0E4842

More saturated +25%#2DF5E1

Less saturated −25%#64BFB5

Channel breakdown

R72

G218

B203

Red72 (28.2%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue173.84°

Saturation (HSL)66.36%

Lightness56.86%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G DA · B CB

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