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Recognised as Colour

#49E2CA

  • #49E2CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#49E2CA is a cyan with RGB values 73, 226, 202 and HSL 171°, 73%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#49E2CA#49E2CA
HEX#49E2CA
RGBrgb(73, 226, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8863, 0.7922
RGB percentages28.6%, 88.6%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(170.6, 72.5%, 58.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.6, 67.7%, 88.6%)
CMYK67.7%, 0%, 10.6%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,842,186
CSS custom property--colour: #49E2CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60073WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.01:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.01:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0
Inverted#B61D35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D8D5C9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#C3C5CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00E6DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.01:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6Aquamarine · ΔE 14Dark turquoise · ΔE 16Aqua · ΔE 17.2
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.33, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E24961
Analogous#49E27E, #49ADE2
Triadic#CA49E2, #E2CA49
Split complementary#E249AD, #E27E49
Tetradic#7E49E2, #E24961, #ADE249

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FEFD
Lighter +30%#CDF7F0
Lighter +20%#A1F0E4
Lighter +10%#75E9D7
Darker −10%#22D6BA
Darker −20%#1BAA94
Darker −30%#147E6D
Darker −40%#0D5247
More saturated +25%#2FFCDC
Less saturated −25%#63C8B8

Channel breakdown

R73
G226
B202
Red73 (28.6%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue170.59°
Saturation (HSL)72.51%
Lightness58.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G E2 · B CA

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