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Recognised as Colour

#49CDB8

  • #49CDB8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#49CDB8 is a cyan with RGB values 73, 205, 184 and HSL 170°, 57%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#49CDB8#49CDB8
HEX#49CDB8
RGBrgb(73, 205, 184)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8039, 0.7216
RGB percentages28.6%, 80.4%, 72.2%
HSLhsl(170.5, 56.9%, 54.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 64.4%, 80.4%)
CMYK64.4%, 0%, 10.2%, 19.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,836,792
CSS custom property--colour: #49CDB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4854WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.71:1
Contrast with white1.96:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#B63247

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C4C1B7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B3BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.96:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.71:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 8.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.1Light seagreen · ΔE 11.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.4Aquamarine · ΔE 20.1
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CD495E
Analogous#49CD76, #49A0CD
Triadic#B849CD, #CDB849
Split complementary#CD49A0, #CD7649
Tetradic#7649CD, #CD495E, #A0CD49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E9F9F6
Lighter +30%#C1EEE7
Lighter +20%#99E3D7
Lighter +10%#71D8C8
Darker −10%#31B29E
Darker −20%#268A7A
Darker −30%#1B6257
Darker −40%#103A33
More saturated +25%#2CEACC
Less saturated −25%#66B0A4

Channel breakdown

R73
G205
B184
Red73 (28.6%)
Green205 (80.4%)
Blue184 (72.2%)
Hue170.45°
Saturation (HSL)56.9%
Lightness54.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G CD · B B8

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