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Recognised as Colour

#48E6FF

  • #48E6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#48E6FF is a cyan with RGB values 72, 230, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#48E6FF#48E6FF
HEX#48E6FF
RGBrgb(72, 230, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.902, 1
RGB percentages28.2%, 90.2%, 100%
HSLhsl(188.2, 100%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.2, 71.8%, 100%)
CMYK71.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,777,727
CSS custom property--colour: #48E6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.65191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.04:1
Contrast with white1.5:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C6C6C6
Inverted#B71900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D1DEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8CBFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00F1EEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.5:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 18Sky blue · ΔE 18.7Aqua · ΔE 19.5Cyan · ΔE 19.5Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.82, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6148
Analogous#48FFBC, #488BFF
Triadic#FF48E6, #E6FF48
Split complementary#FF488B, #FFBD48
Tetradic#BC48FF, #FF6148, #8AFF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1FBFF
Lighter +20%#AEF4FF
Lighter +10%#7BEDFF
Darker −10%#15DFFF
Darker −20%#00C2E1
Darker −30%#0096AE
Darker −40%#006A7B
More saturated +25%#48E6FF
Less saturated −25%#5FD5E8

Channel breakdown

R72
G230
B255
Red72 (28.2%)
Green230 (90.2%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue188.2°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G E6 · B FF

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