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Recognised as Colour

#49CBD8

  • #49CBD8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#49CBD8 is a cyan with RGB values 73, 203, 216 and HSL 185°, 65%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#49CBD8#49CBD8
HEX#49CBD8
RGBrgb(73, 203, 216)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.7961, 0.8471
RGB percentages28.6%, 79.6%, 84.7%
HSLhsl(185.5, 64.7%, 56.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.5, 66.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK66.2%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,836,312
CSS custom property--colour: #49CBD8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.49086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.82:1
Contrast with white1.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B0B0B0
Inverted#B63427

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC3D9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6B3D8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3CFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.82:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.7Light seagreen · ΔE 15.8Sky blue · ΔE 17.2Turquoise · ΔE 19.2Cadetblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)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#D85649
Analogous#49D89E, #4983D8
Triadic#D849CB, #CBD849
Split complementary#D84983, #D89D49
Tetradic#9E49D8, #D85649, #84D849

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FBFC
Lighter +30%#C7EFF3
Lighter +20%#9DE3EA
Lighter +10%#73D7E1
Darker −10%#2AB6C4
Darker −20%#218F9A
Darker −30%#186870
Darker −40%#0F4146
More saturated +25%#2DE2F4
Less saturated −25%#65B4BC

Channel breakdown

R73
G203
B216
Red73 (28.6%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue216 (84.7%)
Hue185.45°
Saturation (HSL)64.71%
Lightness56.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G CB · B D8

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