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Recognised as Colour

#49DDCF

  • #49DDCF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#49DDCF is a cyan with RGB values 73, 221, 207 and HSL 174°, 69%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#49DDCF#49DDCF
HEX#49DDCF
RGBrgb(73, 221, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8667, 0.8118
RGB percentages28.6%, 86.7%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(174.3, 68.5%, 57.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.3, 67%, 86.7%)
CMYK67%, 0%, 6.3%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,840,911
CSS custom property--colour: #49DDCF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.57634WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.53:1
Contrast with white1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#B62230

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D2D1CFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#BCC1D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Light seagreen · ΔE 15.5Aqua · ΔE 15.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.43, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD4957
Analogous#49DD85, #49A1DD
Triadic#CF49DD, #DDCF49
Split complementary#DD49A1, #DD8549
Tetradic#8549DD, #DD4957, #A1DD49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F5FDFC
Lighter +30%#CAF5F1
Lighter +20%#9FEDE6
Lighter +10%#74E5DA
Darker −10%#26CDBD
Darker −20%#1EA295
Darker −30%#16776E
Darker −40%#0E4C46
More saturated +25%#2EF8E5
Less saturated −25%#64C2B9

Channel breakdown

R73
G221
B207
Red73 (28.6%)
Green221 (86.7%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue174.32°
Saturation (HSL)68.52%
Lightness57.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G DD · B CF

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