Recognised as Colour

#49AA7A

#49AA7A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium seagreen

#49AA7A is a cyan with RGB values 73, 170, 122 and HSL 150°, 40%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#49AA7A#49AA7A

HEX#49AA7A

RGBrgb(73, 170, 122)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.6667, 0.4784

RGB percentages28.6%, 66.7%, 47.8%

HSLhsl(150.3, 39.9%, 47.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(150.3, 57.1%, 66.7%)

CMYK57.1%, 0%, 28.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,827,770

CSS custom property--colour: #49AA7A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.31:1

Contrast with white2.87:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#B65585

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A89E77no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#9B947Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original

Tritanopia#24A99Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.3 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.87:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.7 Sea green · ΔE 12 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.1 Dark seagreen · ΔE 18.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 23 Turquoise · ΔE 27.7

Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 11.68, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA4979

Analogous#49AA4A, #49A9AA

Triadic#7A49AA, #AA7A49

Split complementary#AA49A9, #AA4949

Tetradic#4A49AA, #AA4979, #AAAA49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D3ECE0

Lighter +30%#AFDDC6

Lighter +20%#8CCDAD

Lighter +10%#68BE93

Darker −10%#3A8660

Darker −20%#2A6347

Darker −30%#1B3F2D

Darker −40%#0C1B14

More saturated +25%#2BC87A

Less saturated −25%#678C7A

Channel breakdown

R73

G170

B122

Red73 (28.6%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue122 (47.8%)

Hue150.31°

Saturation (HSL)39.92%

Lightness47.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G AA · B 7A

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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