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Recognised as Colour

#49C2BF

  • #49C2BF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#49C2BF is a cyan with RGB values 73, 194, 191 and HSL 179°, 50%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#49C2BF#49C2BF
HEX#49C2BF
RGBrgb(73, 194, 191)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.7608, 0.749
RGB percentages28.6%, 76.1%, 74.9%
HSLhsl(178.5, 49.8%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 62.4%, 76.1%)
CMYK62.4%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,833,983
CSS custom property--colour: #49C2BF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43762WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.75:1
Contrast with white2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#B63D40

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B9BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4ABC0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6Light seagreen · ΔE 7.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.6Turquoise · ΔE 14.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.8Cadetblue · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C2494C
Analogous#49C283, #4988C2
Triadic#BF49C2, #C2BF49
Split complementary#C24989, #C28349
Tetradic#8249C2, #C2494C, #88C249

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F5F5
Lighter +30%#BCE8E7
Lighter +20%#95DCDA
Lighter +10%#6FCFCC
Darker −10%#36A29F
Darker −20%#297C7A
Darker −30%#1D5554
Darker −40%#102F2E
More saturated +25%#2BE0DC
Less saturated −25%#67A4A2

Channel breakdown

R73
G194
B191
Red73 (28.6%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue191 (74.9%)
Hue178.51°
Saturation (HSL)49.79%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G C2 · B BF

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