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Recognised as Colour

#49D6FF

  • #49D6FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#49D6FF is a cyan with RGB values 73, 214, 255 and HSL 194°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#49D6FF#49D6FF
HEX#49D6FF
RGBrgb(73, 214, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8392, 1
RGB percentages28.6%, 83.9%, 100%
HSLhsl(193.5, 100%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 71.4%, 100%)
CMYK71.4%, 16.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,839,167
CSS custom property--colour: #49D6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.5673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.35:1
Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.35:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#B62900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BED1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5BFFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E3E3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.35:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.8Light skyblue · ΔE 14Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.7Light blue · ΔE 24.1Powder blue · ΔE 25.9
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7249
Analogous#49FFCD, #497BFF
Triadic#FF49D6, #D6FF49
Split complementary#FF497B, #FFCD49
Tetradic#CD49FF, #FF7249, #7BFF49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2F8FF
Lighter +20%#AFEDFF
Lighter +10%#7CE1FF
Darker −10%#16CBFF
Darker −20%#00AFE2
Darker −30%#0088AF
Darker −40%#00607C
More saturated +25%#49D6FF
Less saturated −25%#60CAE8

Channel breakdown

R73
G214
B255
Red73 (28.6%)
Green214 (83.9%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue193.52°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G D6 · B FF

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