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Recognised as Colour

#49AAFF

  • #49AAFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cornflower blue

#49AAFF is a blue with RGB values 73, 170, 255 and HSL 208°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cornflower blue.

Colour values

#49AAFF#49AAFF
HEX#49AAFF
RGBrgb(73, 170, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.6667, 1
RGB percentages28.6%, 66.7%, 100%
HSLhsl(208, 100%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(208, 71.4%, 100%)
CMYK71.4%, 33.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,827,903
CSS custom property--colour: #49AAFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37386WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.48:1
Contrast with white2.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#B65500

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#83AEFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#699DFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.48:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cornflower blue · ΔE 12Deep skyblue · ΔE 18.8Dodgerblue · ΔE 19.1Steel blue · ΔE 23.7Light skyblue · ΔE 26.7Sky blue · ΔE 34.1
Nearest named CSS colourCornflower blue (#6495ED)ΔE 12.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF9E49
Analogous#49FFF9, #494FFF
Triadic#FF49AA, #AAFF49
Split complementary#FF494F, #FFF949
Tetradic#F949FF, #FF9E49, #4FFF49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2F1FF
Lighter +20%#AFDAFF
Lighter +10%#7CC2FF
Darker −10%#1692FF
Darker −20%#0078E2
Darker −30%#005DAF
Darker −40%#00427C
More saturated +25%#49AAFF
Less saturated −25%#60A8E8

Channel breakdown

R73
G170
B255
Red73 (28.6%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue208.02°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G AA · B FF

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