Colour

#48DCBF

#48DCBF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#48DCBF is a cyan with RGB values 72, 220, 191 and HSL 168°, 68%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#48DCBF#48DCBF

HEX#48DCBF

RGBrgb(72, 220, 191)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8627, 0.749

RGB percentages28.2%, 86.3%, 74.9%

HSLhsl(168.2, 67.9%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.2, 67.3%, 86.3%)

CMYK67.3%, 0%, 13.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,775,103

CSS custom property--colour: #48DCBF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56326WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.27:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#B72340

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4CFBEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45 from the original

Deuteranopia#BFC0C1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.9 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 7.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10 Aquamarine · ΔE 14 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.9 Light seagreen · ΔE 18.6

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 7.24, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DC4865

Analogous#48DC75, #48AFDC

Triadic#BF48DC, #DCBF48

Split complementary#DC48AF, #DC7548

Tetradic#7548DC, #DC4865, #AFDC48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3FDFB

Lighter +30%#C8F5EC

Lighter +20%#9EECDD

Lighter +10%#73E4CE

Darker −10%#27CAAA

Darker −20%#1F9F86

Darker −30%#167562

Darker −40%#0E4A3E

More saturated +25%#2DF7D0

Less saturated −25%#63C1AE

Channel breakdown

R72

G220

B191

Red72 (28.2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue191 (74.9%)

Hue168.24°

Saturation (HSL)67.89%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G DC · B BF

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