Colour

#48FFF8

#48FFF8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#48FFF8 is a cyan with RGB values 72, 255, 248 and HSL 178°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#48FFF8#48FFF8

HEX#48FFF8

RGBrgb(72, 255, 248)

RGB (0–1)0.2824, 1, 0.9725

RGB percentages28.2%, 100%, 97.3%

HSLhsl(177.7, 100%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 71.8%, 100%)

CMYK71.8%, 0%, 2.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,784,120

CSS custom property--colour: #48FFF8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79675WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness216.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.94:1

Contrast with white1.24:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D8D8D8

Inverted#B70007

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F0F2F8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47 from the original

Deuteranopia#D6DFFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.24:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 4.9 Cyan · ΔE 4.9 Turquoise · ΔE 11.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 19.5

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 4.85, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF484F

Analogous#48FF9D, #48AAFF

Triadic#F848FF, #FFF848

Split complementary#FF48AA, #FF9D48

Tetradic#9D48FF, #FF484F, #AAFF48

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E1FFFE

Lighter +20%#AEFFFC

Lighter +10%#7BFFFA

Darker −10%#15FFF6

Darker −20%#00E1D8

Darker −30%#00AEA7

Darker −40%#007B76

More saturated +25%#48FFF8

Less saturated −25%#5FE8E3

Channel breakdown

R72

G255

B248

Red72 (28.2%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue248 (97.3%)

Hue177.7°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.12%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 48 · G FF · B F8

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