Recognised as Colour

#49E3CF

#49E3CF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#49E3CF is a cyan with RGB values 73, 227, 207 and HSL 172°, 73%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#49E3CF#49E3CF

HEX#49E3CF

RGBrgb(73, 227, 207)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.8902, 0.8118

RGB percentages28.6%, 89%, 81.2%

HSLhsl(172.2, 73.3%, 58.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.2, 67.8%, 89%)

CMYK67.8%, 0%, 8.8%, 11%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,842,447

CSS custom property--colour: #49E3CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.6086WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness191.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.17:1

Contrast with white1.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.17:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C1C1C1

Inverted#B61C30

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D9D6CEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3C6D1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00E7DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.59:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text13.17:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Aqua · ΔE 15.5

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.35, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E3495D

Analogous#49E382, #49AAE3

Triadic#CF49E3, #E3CF49

Split complementary#E349AA, #E38249

Tetradic#8249E3, #E3495D, #AAE349

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FAFEFE

Lighter +30%#CEF7F2

Lighter +20%#A1F1E6

Lighter +10%#75EADB

Darker −10%#21D8C0

Darker −20%#1AAC99

Darker −30%#147F71

Darker −40%#0D534A

More saturated +25%#2FFDE2

Less saturated −25%#63C9BC

Channel breakdown

R73

G227

B207

Red73 (28.6%)

Green227 (89%)

Blue207 (81.2%)

Hue172.21°

Saturation (HSL)73.33%

Lightness58.82%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 49 · G E3 · B CF

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