Recognised as Colour

#48DEA7

#48DEA7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#48DEA7 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 222, 167 and HSL 158°, 69%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#48DEA7

RGBrgb(72, 222, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8706, 0.6549

RGB percentages28.2%, 87.1%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(158, 69.4%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158, 67.6%, 87.1%)

CMYK67.6%, 0%, 24.8%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,775,591

CSS custom property--colour: #48DEA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5641WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness183.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.28:1

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

Contrast with black12.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BABABA

Inverted#B72158

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DACEA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6C0ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 50.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00DECFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.5 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 text12.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 15.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.2 Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.4 Turquoise · ΔE 21.3 Light green · ΔE 23.1 Pale green · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 15.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DE487F

Analogous#48DE5C, #48CADE

Triadic#A748DE, #DEA748

Split complementary#DE48CA, #DE5C48

Tetradic#5C48DE, #DE487F, #CADE48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5FDFA

Lighter +30%#CAF5E5

Lighter +20%#9EEED1

Lighter +10%#73E6BC

Darker −10%#25CE90

Darker −20%#1DA372

Darker −30%#167754

Darker −40%#0E4C35

More saturated +25%#2DF9AE

Less saturated −25%#63C3A0

Channel breakdown

R72

G222

B167

Red72 (28.2%)

Green222 (87.1%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue158°

Saturation (HSL)69.44%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G DE · B A7

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