Recognised as Colour

#48DAEB

#48DAEB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#48DAEB is a cyan with RGB values 72, 218, 235 and HSL 186°, 80%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#48DAEB#48DAEB

HEX#48DAEB

RGBrgb(72, 218, 235)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8549, 0.9216

RGB percentages28.2%, 85.5%, 92.2%

HSLhsl(186.3, 80.3%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.3, 69.4%, 92.2%)

CMYK69.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 7.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,774,635

CSS custom property--colour: #48DAEB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.5:1

Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC

Inverted#B72514

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C8D2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#B1C0EBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3DFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.5:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Sky blue · ΔE 18.1 Turquoise · ΔE 19.2 Aqua · ΔE 19.4 Cyan · ΔE 19.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EB5948

Analogous#48EBAA, #4889EB

Triadic#EB48DA, #DAEB48

Split complementary#EB4889, #EBAB48

Tetradic#AA48EB, #EB5948, #89EB48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#D2F6FA

Lighter +20%#A4EDF5

Lighter +10%#76E3F0

Darker −10%#1AD1E6

Darker −20%#14A8B9

Darker −30%#0F7E8B

Darker −40%#0A545D

More saturated +25%#34EAFF

Less saturated −25%#61C6D2

Channel breakdown

R72

G218

B235

Red72 (28.2%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue235 (92.2%)

Hue186.26°

Saturation (HSL)80.3%

Lightness60.2%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G DA · B EB

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