Colour

#49DDBD

#49DDBD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#49DDBD is a cyan with RGB values 73, 221, 189 and HSL 167°, 69%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#49DDBD#49DDBD

HEX#49DDBD

RGBrgb(73, 221, 189)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8667, 0.7412

RGB percentages28.6%, 86.7%, 74.1%

HSLhsl(167, 68.5%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(167, 67%, 86.7%)

CMYK67%, 0%, 14.5%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,840,893

CSS custom property--colour: #49DDBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56803WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness185.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.36:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB

Inverted#B62242

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D5CFBCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C1C0BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E0D3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 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 text12.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10 Aquamarine · ΔE 13.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 19.9

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.78, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD4969

Analogous#49DD73, #49B3DD

Triadic#BD49DD, #DDBD49

Split complementary#DD49B3, #DD7349

Tetradic#7349DD, #DD4969, #B3DD49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5FDFB

Lighter +30%#CAF5EC

Lighter +20%#9FEDDC

Lighter +10%#74E5CD

Darker −10%#26CDA9

Darker −20%#1EA285

Darker −30%#167762

Darker −40%#0E4C3F

More saturated +25%#2EF8CC

Less saturated −25%#64C2AE

Channel breakdown

R73

G221

B189

Red73 (28.6%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue189 (74.1%)

Hue167.03°

Saturation (HSL)68.52%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G DD · B BD

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