Colour

#48FFE6

#48FFE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#48FFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 255, 230 and HSL 172°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#48FFE6#48FFE6

HEX#48FFE6

RGBrgb(72, 255, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 1, 0.902

RGB percentages28.2%, 100%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(171.8, 100%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 71.8%, 100%)

CMYK71.8%, 0%, 9.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,784,102

CSS custom property--colour: #48FFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78611WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness213.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.72:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.72:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6

Inverted#B70019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3F0E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 50.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#DADEE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.1 Turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Aqua · ΔE 13.2 Cyan · ΔE 13.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.9

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF4861

Analogous#48FF8B, #48BCFF

Triadic#E648FF, #FFE648

Split complementary#FF48BC, #FF8A48

Tetradic#8B48FF, #FF4861, #BDFF48

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E1FFFB

Lighter +20%#AEFFF4

Lighter +10%#7BFFED

Darker −10%#15FFDF

Darker −20%#00E1C2

Darker −30%#00AE96

Darker −40%#007B6A

More saturated +25%#48FFE6

Less saturated −25%#5FE8D5

Channel breakdown

R72

G255

B230

Red72 (28.2%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue171.8°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G FF · B E6

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