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Recognised as Colour

#49C8CC

  • #49C8CC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#49C8CC is a cyan with RGB values 73, 200, 204 and HSL 182°, 56%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#49C8CC#49C8CC
HEX#49C8CC
RGBrgb(73, 200, 204)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.7843, 0.8
RGB percentages28.6%, 78.4%, 80%
HSLhsl(181.8, 56.2%, 54.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(181.8, 64.2%, 80%)
CMYK64.2%, 2%, 0%, 20%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,835,532
CSS custom property--colour: #49C8CC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.47085WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.42:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#ADADAD
Inverted#B63733

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBFCDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7B0CDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.2Light seagreen · ΔE 11.3Turquoise · ΔE 15.5Cadetblue · ΔE 19.3Sky blue · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 6.43, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CC4D49
Analogous#49CC8E, #4987CC
Triadic#CC49C8, #C8CC49
Split complementary#CC4987, #CC8E49
Tetradic#8E49CC, #CC4D49, #87CC49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E8F8F9
Lighter +30%#C1ECED
Lighter +20%#99E0E2
Lighter +10%#71D4D7
Darker −10%#31ADB1
Darker −20%#268689
Darker −30%#1B5F61
Darker −40%#103839
More saturated +25%#2CE3E9
Less saturated −25%#66ADAF

Channel breakdown

R73
G200
B204
Red73 (28.6%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue204 (80%)
Hue181.83°
Saturation (HSL)56.22%
Lightness54.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G C8 · B CC

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