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Recognised as Colour

#48EABB

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

#48EABB is a cyan with RGB values 72, 234, 187 and HSL 163°, 79%, 60%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#48EABB#48EABB
HEX#48EABB
RGBrgb(72, 234, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.9176, 0.7333
RGB percentages28.2%, 91.8%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(162.6, 79.4%, 60%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.6, 69.2%, 91.8%)
CMYK69.2%, 0%, 20.1%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,778,683
CSS custom property--colour: #48EABB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63811WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness194.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.76:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4
Inverted#B71544

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E4DAB9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#CECBBEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 10.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5Turquoise · ΔE 17.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.4Aqua · ΔE 26.4
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 10.79, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA4877
Analogous#48EA6A, #48C8EA
Triadic#BB48EA, #EABB48
Split complementary#EA48C8, #EA6A48
Tetradic#6A48EA, #EA4877, #C8EA48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D1FAEE
Lighter +20%#A4F4DD
Lighter +10%#76EFCC
Darker −10%#1AE5AA
Darker −20%#15B788
Darker −30%#108966
Darker −40%#0B5C44
More saturated +25%#33FFC4
Less saturated −25%#62D1B0

Channel breakdown

R72
G234
B187
Red72 (28.2%)
Green234 (91.8%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue162.59°
Saturation (HSL)79.41%
Lightness60%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G EA · B BB

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