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#49B6EA

#49b6ea ≈ Deep Sky Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49b6ea is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 71.37% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 68.8% cyan, 22.22% magenta, 0% yellow and 8.24% black. Its hue angle is 199.38°, with 79.31% saturation and 60.2% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.16:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Deep Sky Blue (#00bfff), ΔE 3.34.

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Relative luminance0.4081

Complementary

  1. #49b6ea
  2. #ea7d49

Split complementary

  1. #49b6ea
  2. #ea4966
  3. #eace49

Analogous

  1. #49eace
  2. #49b6ea
  3. #4966ea

Triadic

  1. #49b6ea
  2. #ea49b6
  3. #b6ea49

Tetradic

  1. #49b6ea
  2. #7d49ea
  3. #ea7d49
  4. #b6ea49

Square

  1. #49b6ea
  2. #ce49ea
  3. #ea7d49
  4. #66ea49

Monochromatic

  1. #10638a
  2. #1894cf
  3. #49b6ea
  4. #8ed2f2
  5. #d2edfa

Shades

#49b6ea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49b6ea
  2. #42a4d3
  3. #3a92bb
  4. #337fa4
  5. #2c6d8c
  6. #255b75
  7. #1d495e
  8. #163746
  9. #0f242f
  10. #071217
  11. #000000

Tints

#49b6ea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49b6ea
  2. #5bbdec
  3. #6dc5ee
  4. #80ccf0
  5. #92d3f2
  6. #a4dbf5
  7. #b6e2f7
  8. #c8e9f9
  9. #dbf0fb
  10. #edf8fd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49b6ea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49b6ea
  2. #4fb1df
  3. #54abd5
  4. #5aa6ca
  5. #5fa0c0
  6. #659bb5
  7. #6a96aa
  8. #7090a0
  9. #758b95
  10. #7b858b
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.29:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.16:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #ababab ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8eb0c7 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9cb4ec ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #86a4e9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c4c7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #83b5ec ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #73acea ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bfd6 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49b6ea {
  color: #49b6ea;
}
Background
.bg-49b6ea {
  background-color: #49b6ea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49b6ea {
  border: 2px solid #49b6ea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49b6ea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 182 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 199 79% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49b6ea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49b6ea, #4966ea);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49b6ea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 182 234 / 0.35);
}

#00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 3.34 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.62 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.01 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.38 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 7.62 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 7.80 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 8.53 #b64915 Inverted #ababab Grayscale 

Deep Sky Blue
#49b6ea  rgb(73, 182, 234)  hsl(199, 79%, 60%)  Deep Sky Blue
#ea7d49  rgb(234, 125, 73)  hsl(19, 79%, 60%)  Mango Tango
#ea49b6  rgb(234, 73, 182)  hsl(319, 79%, 60%)  Shocking Pink
#b6ea49  rgb(182, 234, 73)  hsl(79, 79%, 60%)  Inchworm