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Recognised as Colour

#48E7FF

  • #48E7FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#48E7FF is a cyan with RGB values 72, 231, 255 and HSL 188°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#48E7FF#48E7FF
HEX#48E7FF
RGBrgb(72, 231, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.9059, 1
RGB percentages28.2%, 90.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(187.9, 100%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.9, 71.8%, 100%)
CMYK71.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,777,983
CSS custom property--colour: #48E7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6575WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness200.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.15:1
Contrast with white1.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C7C7C7
Inverted#B71800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2DFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#B9CCFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Tritanopia#00F2EEno 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 text1.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.6Aqua · ΔE 18.8Cyan · ΔE 18.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.2Pale turquoise · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.49, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6048
Analogous#48FFBB, #488CFF
Triadic#FF48E7, #E7FF48
Split complementary#FF488C, #FFBC48
Tetradic#BB48FF, #FF6048, #8BFF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1FBFF
Lighter +20%#AEF4FF
Lighter +10%#7BEEFF
Darker −10%#15E0FF
Darker −20%#00C3E1
Darker −30%#0097AE
Darker −40%#006B7B
More saturated +25%#48E7FF
Less saturated −25%#5FD6E8

Channel breakdown

R72
G231
B255
Red72 (28.2%)
Green231 (90.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue187.87°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G E7 · B FF

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