Recognised as Colour

#49DBCA

#49DBCA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#49DBCA is a cyan with RGB values 73, 219, 202 and HSL 173°, 67%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#49DBCA

RGBrgb(73, 219, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8588, 0.7922

RGB percentages28.6%, 85.9%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(173, 67%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173, 66.7%, 85.9%)

CMYK66.7%, 0%, 7.8%, 14.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,840,394

CSS custom property--colour: #49DBCA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56344WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.27:1

Contrast with white1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#B62435

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1CFC9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#BBBFCCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00DFD6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 15.2 Aqua · ΔE 16.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.57, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#DB495A

Analogous#49DB81, #49A3DB

Triadic#CA49DB, #DBCA49

Split complementary#DB49A3, #DB8149

Tetradic#8149DB, #DB495A, #A3DB49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F3FDFC

Lighter +30%#C9F4EF

Lighter +20%#9EECE3

Lighter +10%#74E3D6

Darker −10%#28C9B6

Darker −20%#1F9F90

Darker −30%#177469

Darker −40%#0F4943

More saturated +25%#2EF6DF

Less saturated −25%#64C0B5

Channel breakdown

R73

G219

B202

Red73 (28.6%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue173.01°

Saturation (HSL)66.97%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G DB · B CA

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