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Recognised as Colour

#48ECF9

  • #48ECF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#48ECF9 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 236, 249 and HSL 184°, 94%, 63%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#48ECF9#48ECF9
HEX#48ECF9
RGBrgb(72, 236, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.9255, 0.9765
RGB percentages28.2%, 92.5%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(184.4, 93.7%, 62.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.4, 71.1%, 97.6%)
CMYK71.1%, 5.2%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,779,257
CSS custom property--colour: #48ECF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68208WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.64:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.64:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CACACA
Inverted#B71306

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DAE2FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0CFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00F5F0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.64:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2Aqua · ΔE 12.8Cyan · ΔE 12.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.7Turquoise · ΔE 16.7Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F95548
Analogous#48F9AE, #4893F9
Triadic#F948EC, #ECF948
Split complementary#F94893, #F9AE48
Tetradic#AE48F9, #F95548, #93F948

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#DCFBFE
Lighter +20%#ABF6FC
Lighter +10%#79F1FB
Darker −10%#17E7F7
Darker −20%#07C5D4
Darker −30%#0597A3
Darker −40%#046971
More saturated +25%#42F1FF
Less saturated −25%#60D8E1

Channel breakdown

R72
G236
B249
Red72 (28.2%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue184.41°
Saturation (HSL)93.65%
Lightness62.94%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 48 · G EC · B F9

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