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Recognised as Colour

#48E8B4

  • #48E8B4
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#48E8B4 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 232, 180 and HSL 161°, 78%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#48E8B4#48E8B4
HEX#48E8B4
RGBrgb(72, 232, 180)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.9098, 0.7059
RGB percentages28.2%, 91%, 70.6%
HSLhsl(160.5, 77.7%, 59.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.5, 69%, 91%)
CMYK69%, 0%, 22.4%, 9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,778,164
CSS custom property--colour: #48E8B4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.62386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness191.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.48:1
Contrast with white1.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C2C2C2
Inverted#B7174B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3D8B1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#CEC9B7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 52.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.56:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.5Turquoise · ΔE 19.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.5Light green · ΔE 24.7Medium spring green · ΔE 26.1
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E8487C
Analogous#48E864, #48CCE8
Triadic#B448E8, #E8B448
Split complementary#E848CC, #E86448
Tetradic#6448E8, #E8487C, #CCE848

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FDFFFE
Lighter +30%#D0F9EC
Lighter +20%#A3F3D9
Lighter +10%#75EEC7
Darker −10%#1CE1A1
Darker −20%#17B380
Darker −30%#118660
Darker −40%#0B5940
More saturated +25%#31FFBC
Less saturated −25%#62CEAB

Channel breakdown

R72
G232
B180
Red72 (28.2%)
Green232 (91%)
Blue180 (70.6%)
Hue160.5°
Saturation (HSL)77.67%
Lightness59.61%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G E8 · B B4

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