Recognised as Colour

#49F8FF

#49F8FF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#49F8FF is a cyan with RGB values 73, 248, 255 and HSL 182°, 100%, 64%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#49F8FF#49F8FF

HEX#49F8FF

RGBrgb(73, 248, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.2863, 0.9725, 1

RGB percentages28.6%, 97.3%, 100%

HSLhsl(182.3, 100%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.3, 71.4%, 100%)

CMYK71.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,847,871

CSS custom property--colour: #49F8FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75771WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.15:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#B60700

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E6EDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#CCD9FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.7 Cyan · ΔE 7.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.7 Turquoise · ΔE 15.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4 Pale turquoise · ΔE 23.3

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF5049

Analogous#49FFAB, #499DFF

Triadic#FF49F8, #F8FF49

Split complementary#FF499D, #FFAB49

Tetradic#AB49FF, #FF5049, #9DFF49

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E2FEFF

Lighter +20%#AFFCFF

Lighter +10%#7CFAFF

Darker −10%#16F6FF

Darker −20%#00D9E2

Darker −30%#00A8AF

Darker −40%#00777C

More saturated +25%#49F8FF

Less saturated −25%#60E3E8

Channel breakdown

R73

G248

B255

Red73 (28.6%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue182.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness64.31%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 49 · G F8 · B FF

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