Recognised as Colour

#48DCF9

#48DCF9
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Sky blue

#48DCF9 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 220, 249 and HSL 190°, 94%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#48DCF9#48DCF9

HEX#48DCF9

RGBrgb(72, 220, 249)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8627, 0.9765

RGB percentages28.2%, 86.3%, 97.6%

HSLhsl(189.8, 93.7%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(189.8, 71.1%, 97.6%)

CMYK71.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,775,161

CSS custom property--colour: #48DCF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59404WCAG 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 12.88:1

Contrast with white1.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF

Inverted#B72306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C7D5FBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#AEC3F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E7E5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 15.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17 Light skyblue · ΔE 19.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.3 Deep skyblue · ΔE 22.7 Pale turquoise · ΔE 23.1

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 15.48, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F96548

Analogous#48F9BE, #4884F9

Triadic#F948DC, #DCF948

Split complementary#F94884, #F9BE48

Tetradic#BE48F9, #F96548, #84F948

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#DCF8FE

Lighter +20%#ABEFFC

Lighter +10%#79E5FB

Darker −10%#17D3F7

Darker −20%#07B2D4

Darker −30%#0589A3

Darker −40%#045F71

More saturated +25%#42E0FF

Less saturated −25%#60CCE1

Channel breakdown

R72

G220

B249

Red72 (28.2%)

Green220 (86.3%)

Blue249 (97.6%)

Hue189.83°

Saturation (HSL)93.65%

Lightness62.94%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 48 · G DC · B F9

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Colour values

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