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Recognised as Colour

#49ECFD

  • #49ECFD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#49ECFD is a cyan with RGB values 73, 236, 253 and HSL 186°, 98%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#49ECFD#49ECFD
HEX#49ECFD
RGBrgb(73, 236, 253)
RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.9255, 0.9922
RGB percentages28.6%, 92.5%, 99.2%
HSLhsl(185.7, 97.8%, 63.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.7, 71.1%, 99.2%)
CMYK71.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,844,797
CSS custom property--colour: #49ECFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.68499WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.7:1
Contrast with white1.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#B61302

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D9E3FEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFD0FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00F6F1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.6Aqua · ΔE 14.5Cyan · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Turquoise · ΔE 18.9Pale turquoise · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FD5A49
Analogous#49FDB4, #4992FD
Triadic#FD49EC, #ECFD49
Split complementary#FD4992, #FDB449
Tetradic#B449FD, #FD5A49, #92FD49

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#E0FCFF
Lighter +20%#AEF7FE
Lighter +10%#7BF1FE
Darker −10%#17E7FC
Darker −20%#02C9DE
Darker −30%#029BAB
Darker −40%#016D79
More saturated +25%#47EEFF
Less saturated −25%#60D9E6

Channel breakdown

R73
G236
B253
Red73 (28.6%)
Green236 (92.5%)
Blue253 (99.2%)
Hue185.67°
Saturation (HSL)97.83%
Lightness63.92%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 49 · G EC · B FD

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