Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#48EDE5

  • #48EDE5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#48EDE5 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 237, 229 and HSL 177°, 82%, 61%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#48EDE5#48EDE5
HEX#48EDE5
RGBrgb(72, 237, 229)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 0.9294, 0.898
RGB percentages28.2%, 92.9%, 89.8%
HSLhsl(177.1, 82.1%, 60.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.1, 69.6%, 92.9%)
CMYK69.6%, 0%, 3.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,779,493
CSS custom property--colour: #48EDE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness201.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.52:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9
Inverted#B7121A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DFE1E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C7CFE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00F3EAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.4Aqua · ΔE 9.2Cyan · ΔE 9.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.1Aquamarine · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED4850
Analogous#48ED93, #48A2ED
Triadic#E548ED, #EDE548
Split complementary#ED48A2, #ED9348
Tetradic#9348ED, #ED4850, #A2ED48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#D3FBF9
Lighter +20%#A5F6F2
Lighter +10%#76F2EC
Darker −10%#1AE8DE
Darker −20%#13BCB4
Darker −30%#0E8E88
Darker −40%#09605B
More saturated +25%#36FFF5
Less saturated −25%#61D4CE

Channel breakdown

R72
G237
B229
Red72 (28.2%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue229 (89.8%)
Hue177.09°
Saturation (HSL)82.09%
Lightness60.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G ED · B E5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “48ede5” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.