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Recognised as Colour

#48E5CD

  • #48E5CD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#48E5CD is a cyan with RGB values 72, 229, 205 and HSL 171°, 75%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#48E5CD#48E5CD
HEX#48E5CD
RGBrgb(72, 229, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.898, 0.8039
RGB percentages28.2%, 89.8%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(170.8, 75.1%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 68.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK68.6%, 0%, 10.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,777,421
CSS custom property--colour: #48E5CD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61824WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#B71A32

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DBD8CCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5C7CFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.4Aquamarine · ΔE 13.5Aqua · ΔE 16.4Cyan · ΔE 16.4
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.6, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E54860
Analogous#48E57F, #48AFE5
Triadic#CD48E5, #E5CD48
Split complementary#E548AF, #E57E48
Tetradic#7F48E5, #E54860, #AFE548

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFEFE
Lighter +30%#CEF8F2
Lighter +20%#A1F2E5
Lighter +10%#75EBD9
Darker −10%#1FDBBE
Darker −20%#19AE97
Darker −30%#128271
Darker −40%#0C554A
More saturated +25%#2EFFDF
Less saturated −25%#62CBBB

Channel breakdown

R72
G229
B205
Red72 (28.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue170.83°
Saturation (HSL)75.12%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G E5 · B CD

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