Colour

#48DFA7

#48DFA7
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#48DFA7 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 223, 167 and HSL 158°, 70%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#48DFA7#48DFA7

HEX#48DFA7

RGBrgb(72, 223, 167)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.8745, 0.6549

RGB percentages28.2%, 87.5%, 65.5%

HSLhsl(157.7, 70.2%, 57.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(157.7, 67.7%, 87.5%)

CMYK67.7%, 0%, 25.1%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,775,847

CSS custom property--colour: #48DFA7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56943WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.39:1

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

Contrast with black12.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#B72058

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DBCFA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#C7C1ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 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 text12.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.8 Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.5 Turquoise · ΔE 21.9 Light green · ΔE 22.7 Pale green · ΔE 25.2

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 15.21, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DF4880

Analogous#48DF5C, #48CCDF

Triadic#A748DF, #DFA748

Split complementary#DF48CC, #DF5C48

Tetradic#5B48DF, #DF4880, #CBDF48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6FDFA

Lighter +30%#CAF6E6

Lighter +20%#9FEED1

Lighter +10%#73E7BC

Darker −10%#24D090

Darker −20%#1DA472

Darker −30%#157954

Darker −40%#0E4D36

More saturated +25%#2DFAAE

Less saturated −25%#63C4A0

Channel breakdown

R72

G223

B167

Red72 (28.2%)

Green223 (87.5%)

Blue167 (65.5%)

Hue157.75°

Saturation (HSL)70.23%

Lightness57.84%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G DF · B A7

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