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Recognised as Colour

#49E59E

  • #49E59E
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#49E59E is a cyan with RGB values 73, 229, 158 and HSL 153°, 75%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#49E59E#49E59E
HEX#49E59E
RGBrgb(73, 229, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.898, 0.6196
RGB percentages28.6%, 89.8%, 62%
HSLhsl(152.7, 75%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.7, 68.1%, 89.8%)
CMYK68.1%, 0%, 31%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,842,910
CSS custom property--colour: #49E59E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.59924WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness187.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.98:1
Contrast with white1.62:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#B61A61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E3D49Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#CFC6A3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00E4D2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 28.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.62:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 17.8Light green · ΔE 17.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 18.6Pale green · ΔE 19.7Aquamarine · ΔE 20.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 17.77, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E54990
Analogous#49E550, #49DEE5
Triadic#9E49E5, #E59E49
Split complementary#E549DE, #E55049
Tetradic#5049E5, #E54990, #DEE549

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FCFFFD
Lighter +30%#CFF8E5
Lighter +20%#A2F2CE
Lighter +10%#76EBB6
Darker −10%#1FDC86
Darker −20%#19AF6B
Darker −30%#138250
Darker −40%#0C5634
More saturated +25%#2FFFA0
Less saturated −25%#63CB9C

Channel breakdown

R73
G229
B158
Red73 (28.6%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue152.69°
Saturation (HSL)75%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 49 · G E5 · B 9E

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