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Recognised as Colour

#48FFCD

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

#48FFCD is a cyan with RGB values 72, 255, 205 and HSL 164°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#48FFCD#48FFCD
HEX#48FFCD
RGBrgb(72, 255, 205)
RGB (0–1)0.2824, 1, 0.8039
RGB percentages28.2%, 100%, 80.4%
HSLhsl(163.6, 100%, 64.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(163.6, 71.8%, 100%)
CMYK71.8%, 0%, 19.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,784,077
CSS custom property--colour: #48FFCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness211 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.46:1
Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black16.46:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D4D4D4
Inverted#B70032

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F8EECAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#E0DDD0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00FFF1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text16.46:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 11.4Turquoise · ΔE 21.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 23.7Medium spring green · ΔE 25.9Aqua · ΔE 26.5Cyan · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 11.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF487A
Analogous#48FF71, #48D6FF
Triadic#CD48FF, #FFCD48
Split complementary#FF48D5, #FF7148
Tetradic#7248FF, #FF487A, #D5FF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E1FFF7
Lighter +20%#AEFFE9
Lighter +10%#7BFFDB
Darker −10%#15FFBF
Darker −20%#00E1A4
Darker −30%#00AE7E
Darker −40%#007B59
More saturated +25%#48FFCD
Less saturated −25%#5FE8C3

Channel breakdown

R72
G255
B205
Red72 (28.2%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue205 (80.4%)
Hue163.61°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.12%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 48 · G FF · B CD

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