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Recognised as Colour

#48E5E2

  • #48E5E2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#48E5E2 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 229, 226 and HSL 179°, 75%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#48E5E2#48E5E2
HEX#48E5E2
RGBrgb(72, 229, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.898, 0.8863
RGB percentages28.2%, 89.8%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(178.9, 75.1%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.9, 68.6%, 89.8%)
CMYK68.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,777,442
CSS custom property--colour: #48E5E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62907WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness195.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.58:1
Contrast with white1.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C3C3C3
Inverted#B71A1D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7DAE2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0C9E3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00ECE4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.55:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.5Turquoise · ΔE 7.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.7Aqua · ΔE 11.5Cyan · ΔE 11.5Light seagreen · ΔE 18.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 7.48, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E5484B
Analogous#48E593, #4899E5
Triadic#E248E5, #E5E248
Split complementary#E54899, #E59348
Tetradic#9448E5, #E5484B, #9AE548

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFEFE
Lighter +30%#CEF8F7
Lighter +20%#A1F2F0
Lighter +10%#75EBE9
Darker −10%#1FDBD7
Darker −20%#19AEAB
Darker −30%#12827F
Darker −40%#0C5554
More saturated +25%#2EFFFB
Less saturated −25%#62CBC9

Channel breakdown

R72
G229
B226
Red72 (28.2%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue178.85°
Saturation (HSL)75.12%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G E5 · B E2

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