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Colour

#49BDFF

  • #49BDFF
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#49BDFF is a blue with RGB values 73, 189, 255 and HSL 202°, 100%, 64%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#49BDFF#49BDFF
HEX#49BDFF
RGBrgb(73, 189, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.7412, 1
RGB percentages28.6%, 74.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(201.8, 100%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(201.8, 71.4%, 100%)
CMYK71.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,832,767
CSS custom property--colour: #49BDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45032WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.01:1
Contrast with white2.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A9A9A9
Inverted#B64200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EBDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#85ABFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CED4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.1:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.1Sky blue · ΔE 21.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 24.9Light steelblue · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.98, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF8B49
Analogous#49FFE6, #4962FF
Triadic#FF49BD, #BDFF49
Split complementary#FF4962, #FFE649
Tetradic#E649FF, #FF8B49, #62FF49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2F4FF
Lighter +20%#AFE2FF
Lighter +10%#7CCFFF
Darker −10%#16ABFF
Darker −20%#0090E2
Darker −30%#0070AF
Darker −40%#004F7C
More saturated +25%#49BDFF
Less saturated −25%#60B7E8

Channel breakdown

R73
G189
B255
Red73 (28.6%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue201.76°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G BD · B FF

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