Colour

#49DBE5

#49DBE5
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#49DBE5 is a cyan with RGB values 73, 219, 229 and HSL 184°, 75%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#49DBE5#49DBE5

HEX#49DBE5

RGBrgb(73, 219, 229)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8588, 0.898

RGB percentages28.6%, 85.9%, 89.8%

HSLhsl(183.8, 75%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.8, 68.1%, 89.8%)

CMYK68.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,840,421

CSS custom property--colour: #49DBE5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57737WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness189 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.55:1

Contrast with white1.67:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD

Inverted#B6241A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBD2E6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4C1E6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00E3DEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.67:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9 Turquoise · ΔE 15.3 Aqua · ΔE 17 Cyan · ΔE 17 Light seagreen · ΔE 18

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 7.89, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E55349

Analogous#49E5A1, #498DE5

Triadic#E549DB, #DBE549

Split complementary#E5498D, #E5A149

Tetradic#A149E5, #E55349, #8DE549

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FCFEFF

Lighter +30%#CFF5F8

Lighter +20%#A2EDF2

Lighter +10%#76E4EB

Darker −10%#1FD0DC

Darker −20%#19A5AF

Darker −30%#137B82

Darker −40%#0C5156

More saturated +25%#2FF2FF

Less saturated −25%#63C4CB

Channel breakdown

R73

G219

B229

Red73 (28.6%)

Green219 (85.9%)

Blue229 (89.8%)

Hue183.85°

Saturation (HSL)75%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G DB · B E5

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#49DBE5

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else