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Recognised as Colour

#49C6AD

  • #49C6AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#49C6AD is a cyan with RGB values 73, 198, 173 and HSL 168°, 52%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#49C6AD#49C6AD
HEX#49C6AD
RGBrgb(73, 198, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.7765, 0.6784
RGB percentages28.6%, 77.6%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(168, 52.3%, 53.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 63.1%, 77.6%)
CMYK63.1%, 0%, 12.6%, 22.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,834,989
CSS custom property--colour: #49C6AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44822WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.96:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#B63952

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFBAACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADADAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#00C9BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 6.9Turquoise · ΔE 11.3Light seagreen · ΔE 11.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.1Aquamarine · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 6.93, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C64962
Analogous#49C66E, #49A1C6
Triadic#AD49C6, #C6AD49
Split complementary#C649A1, #C66F49
Tetradic#6E49C6, #C64962, #A1C649

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E4F7F3
Lighter +30%#BEEAE1
Lighter +20%#97DED0
Lighter +10%#70D2BE
Darker −10%#34A891
Darker −20%#28816F
Darker −30%#1C5A4E
Darker −40%#10332C
More saturated +25%#2BE4BF
Less saturated −25%#67A89B

Channel breakdown

R73
G198
B173
Red73 (28.6%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)52.3%
Lightness53.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G C6 · B AD

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