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Recognised as Colour

#49C9FF

  • #49C9FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#49C9FF is a cyan with RGB values 73, 201, 255 and HSL 198°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#49C9FF#49C9FF
HEX#49C9FF
RGBrgb(73, 201, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.7882, 1
RGB percentages28.6%, 78.8%, 100%
HSLhsl(197.8, 100%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.8, 71.4%, 100%)
CMYK71.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,835,839
CSS custom property--colour: #49C9FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.08:1
Contrast with white1.89:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#B63600

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ADC6FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#95B4FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D8DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.89:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7Light skyblue · ΔE 11.4Sky blue · ΔE 15.9Light blue · ΔE 27.2Light steelblue · ΔE 27.3Steel blue · ΔE 28
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.05, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7F49
Analogous#49FFDA, #496EFF
Triadic#FF49C9, #C9FF49
Split complementary#FF496E, #FFDA49
Tetradic#DA49FF, #FF7F49, #6EFF49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2F6FF
Lighter +20%#AFE7FF
Lighter +10%#7CD8FF
Darker −10%#16BAFF
Darker −20%#009FE2
Darker −30%#007BAF
Darker −40%#00577C
More saturated +25%#49C9FF
Less saturated −25%#60C0E8

Channel breakdown

R73
G201
B255
Red73 (28.6%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.8°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G C9 · B FF

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