Recognised as Colour

#49C99A

#49C99A
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Medium aquamarine

#49C99A is a cyan with RGB values 73, 201, 154 and HSL 158°, 54%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium aquamarine.

Colour values

#49C99A#49C99A

HEX#49C99A

RGBrgb(73, 201, 154)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.7882, 0.6039

RGB percentages28.6%, 78.8%, 60.4%

HSLhsl(158, 54.2%, 53.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(158, 63.7%, 78.8%)

CMYK63.7%, 0%, 23.4%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,835,738

CSS custom property--colour: #49C99A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45523WCAG 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 10.1:1

Contrast with white2.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA

Inverted#B63665

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C5BB97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#B3AF9Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00C9BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.08:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium aquamarine · ΔE 9.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 13.7 Aquamarine · ΔE 19.1 Turquoise · ΔE 19.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 22.7 Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.9

Nearest named CSS colourMedium aquamarine (#66CDAA)ΔE 9.65, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#C94978

Analogous#49C95A, #49B8C9

Triadic#9A49C9, #C99A49

Split complementary#C949B8, #C95A49

Tetradic#5A49C9, #C94978, #B8C949

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6F8F1

Lighter +30%#BFECDB

Lighter +20%#98E0C6

Lighter +10%#70D5B0

Darker −10%#33AC80

Darker −20%#278562

Darker −30%#1C5D45

Darker −40%#103628

More saturated +25%#2BE7A2

Less saturated −25%#66AC92

Channel breakdown

R73

G201

B154

Red73 (28.6%)

Green201 (78.8%)

Blue154 (60.4%)

Hue157.97°

Saturation (HSL)54.24%

Lightness53.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G C9 · B 9A

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