Colour

#48DDBC

#48DDBC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#48DDBC is a cyan with RGB values 72, 221, 188 and HSL 167°, 69%, 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

#48DDBC#48DDBC

HEX#48DDBC

RGBrgb(72, 221, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8667, 0.7373

RGB percentages28.2%, 86.7%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(166.7, 68.7%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(166.7, 67.4%, 86.7%)

CMYK67.4%, 0%, 14.9%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,775,356

CSS custom property--colour: #48DDBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56721WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#B72243

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5CFBBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1C0BEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Tritanopia#00E0D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.3 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 text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 9.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 13 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 20.3

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 9.33, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD4869

Analogous#48DD72, #48B3DD

Triadic#BC48DD, #DDBC48

Split complementary#DD48B3, #DD7248

Tetradic#7248DD, #DD4869, #B3DD48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F4FDFB

Lighter +30%#C9F5EB

Lighter +20%#9EEDDB

Lighter +10%#73E5CC

Darker −10%#26CCA7

Darker −20%#1EA184

Darker −30%#167661

Darker −40%#0E4B3E

More saturated +25%#2DF8CB

Less saturated −25%#63C2AD

Channel breakdown

R72

G221

B188

Red72 (28.2%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue166.71°

Saturation (HSL)68.66%

Lightness57.45%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G DD · B BC

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