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Colour

#48DCCA

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

#48DCCA is a cyan with RGB values 72, 220, 202 and HSL 173°, 68%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#48DCCA#48DCCA
HEX#48DCCA
RGBrgb(72, 220, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8627, 0.7922
RGB percentages28.2%, 86.3%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(172.7, 67.9%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 67.3%, 86.3%)
CMYK67.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,775,114
CSS custom property--colour: #48DCCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56828WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness186 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.37:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#B72335

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D0C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC0CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Tritanopia#00E0D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.6Light seagreen · ΔE 15.7Aqua · ΔE 16.8
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.26, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC485A
Analogous#48DC80, #48A4DC
Triadic#CA48DC, #DCCA48
Split complementary#DC48A4, #DC8048
Tetradic#8048DC, #DC485A, #A4DC48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FDFC
Lighter +30%#C8F5EF
Lighter +20%#9EECE3
Lighter +10%#73E4D6
Darker −10%#27CAB6
Darker −20%#1F9F90
Darker −30%#167569
Darker −40%#0E4A43
More saturated +25%#2DF7DF
Less saturated −25%#63C1B5

Channel breakdown

R72
G220
B202
Red72 (28.2%)
Green220 (86.3%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue172.7°
Saturation (HSL)67.89%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G DC · B CA

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