Recognised as Colour

#48DBFD

#48DBFD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#48DBFD is a cyan with RGB values 72, 219, 253 and HSL 191°, 98%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#48DBFD#48DBFD

HEX#48DBFD

RGBrgb(72, 219, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8588, 0.9922

RGB percentages28.2%, 85.9%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(191.3, 97.8%, 63.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.3, 71.5%, 99.2%)

CMYK71.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,774,909

CSS custom property--colour: #48DBFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59133WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness192.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.83:1

Contrast with white1.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.83:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BEBEBE

Inverted#B72402

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4D4FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABC2FDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E7E6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.64:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.83:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.7 Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 20 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.1 Light blue · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.73, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FD6A48

Analogous#48FDC4, #4881FD

Triadic#FD48DB, #DBFD48

Split complementary#FD4881, #FDC548

Tetradic#C448FD, #FD6A48, #81FD48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DFF9FF

Lighter +20%#ADEFFE

Lighter +10%#7AE5FE

Darker −10%#16D1FC

Darker −20%#02B4DD

Darker −30%#028BAA

Darker −40%#016178

More saturated +25%#46DCFF

Less saturated −25%#5FCDE6

Channel breakdown

R72

G219

B253

Red72 (28.2%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue191.27°

Saturation (HSL)97.84%

Lightness63.73%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G DB · B FD

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