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Recognised as Colour

#49D7FF

  • #49D7FF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#49D7FF is a cyan with RGB values 73, 215, 255 and HSL 193°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#49D7FF#49D7FF
HEX#49D7FF
RGBrgb(73, 215, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8431, 1
RGB percentages28.6%, 84.3%, 100%
HSLhsl(193.2, 100%, 64.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.2, 71.4%, 100%)
CMYK71.4%, 15.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,839,423
CSS custom property--colour: #49D7FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57237WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.45:1
Contrast with white1.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.45:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BCBCBC
Inverted#B62800

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BFD2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6BFFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4E4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.69:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.45:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 13.9Light skyblue · ΔE 14.5Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.1Light blue · ΔE 24Medium turquoise · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 13.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF7149
Analogous#49FFCC, #497CFF
Triadic#FF49D7, #D7FF49
Split complementary#FF497C, #FFCC49
Tetradic#CC49FF, #FF7149, #7CFF49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E2F9FF
Lighter +20%#AFEDFF
Lighter +10%#7CE2FF
Darker −10%#16CCFF
Darker −20%#00B0E2
Darker −30%#0089AF
Darker −40%#00617C
More saturated +25%#49D7FF
Less saturated −25%#60CAE8

Channel breakdown

R73
G215
B255
Red73 (28.6%)
Green215 (84.3%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue193.19°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness64.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G D7 · B FF

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