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Recognised as Colour

#49D1DB

  • #49D1DB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#49D1DB is a cyan with RGB values 73, 209, 219 and HSL 184°, 67%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#49D1DB#49D1DB
HEX#49D1DB
RGBrgb(73, 209, 219)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8196, 0.8588
RGB percentages28.6%, 82%, 85.9%
HSLhsl(184.1, 67%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.1, 66.7%, 85.9%)
CMYK66.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,837,851
CSS custom property--colour: #49D1DB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52132WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.43:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#B62E24

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C1C8DCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB8DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9D4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.6Light seagreen · ΔE 15.6Turquoise · ΔE 16.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.1Aqua · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.66, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DB5349
Analogous#49DB9C, #4988DB
Triadic#DB49D1, #D1DB49
Split complementary#DB4988, #DB9C49
Tetradic#9C49DB, #DB5349, #88DB49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F3FCFD
Lighter +30%#C9F1F4
Lighter +20%#9EE7EC
Lighter +10%#74DCE3
Darker −10%#28BEC9
Darker −20%#1F969F
Darker −30%#176E74
Darker −40%#0F4549
More saturated +25%#2EE9F6
Less saturated −25%#64B9C0

Channel breakdown

R73
G209
B219
Red73 (28.6%)
Green209 (82%)
Blue219 (85.9%)
Hue184.11°
Saturation (HSL)66.97%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G D1 · B DB

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