Recognised as Colour

#49BAD5

#49BAD5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Sky blue

#49BAD5 is a cyan with RGB values 73, 186, 213 and HSL 192°, 63%, 56%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#49BAD5#49BAD5

HEX#49BAD5

RGBrgb(73, 186, 213)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.7294, 0.8353

RGB percentages28.6%, 72.9%, 83.5%

HSLhsl(191.6, 62.5%, 56.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(191.6, 65.7%, 83.5%)

CMYK65.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,831,957

CSS custom property--colour: #49BAD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41338WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness164.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.27:1

Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4

Inverted#B6452A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A8B5D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#94A6D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00C4C2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 12.5 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.7 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.2

Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D56449

Analogous#49D5AA, #4974D5

Triadic#D549BA, #BAD549

Split complementary#D54974, #D5AA49

Tetradic#AA49D5, #D56449, #74D549

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EFF9FB

Lighter +30%#C5E9F2

Lighter +20%#9CD9E8

Lighter +10%#72CADF

Darker −10%#2CA3BF

Darker −20%#227F96

Darker −30%#195C6C

Darker −40%#0F3943

More saturated +25%#2DCBF1

Less saturated −25%#65A9B9

Channel breakdown

R73

G186

B213

Red73 (28.6%)

Green186 (72.9%)

Blue213 (83.5%)

Hue191.57°

Saturation (HSL)62.5%

Lightness56.08%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G BA · B D5

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