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#49B6FD

#49b6fd ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49b6fd is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 71.37% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.15% cyan, 28.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 203.67°, with 97.83% saturation and 63.92% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.39:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 4.3.

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Relative luminance0.4196

Complementary

  1. #49b6fd
  2. #fd9049

Split complementary

  1. #49b6fd
  2. #fd495c
  3. #fdea49

Analogous

  1. #49fdea
  2. #49b6fd
  3. #495cfd

Triadic

  1. #49b6fd
  2. #fd49b6
  3. #b6fd49

Tetradic

  1. #49b6fd
  2. #9049fd
  3. #fd9049
  4. #b6fd49

Square

  1. #49b6fd
  2. #ea49fd
  3. #fd9049
  4. #5cfd49

Monochromatic

  1. #0268ab
  2. #0396f7
  3. #49b6fd
  4. #95d4fe
  5. #e0f3ff

Shades

#49b6fd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49b6fd
  2. #42a4e4
  3. #3a92ca
  4. #337fb1
  5. #2c6d98
  6. #255b7f
  7. #1d4965
  8. #16374c
  9. #0f2433
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#49b6fd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49b6fd
  2. #5bbdfd
  3. #6dc5fd
  4. #80ccfe
  5. #92d3fe
  6. #a4dbfe
  7. #b6e2fe
  8. #c8e9fe
  9. #dbf0ff
  10. #edf8ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49b6fd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49b6fd
  2. #4fb1f1
  3. #54abe4
  4. #5aa6d8
  5. #5fa0cb
  6. #659bbf
  7. #6a96b2
  8. #7090a6
  9. #758b99
  10. #7b858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.24:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.39:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #adadad ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #90b1d2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #95b7ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #7ca6fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c8cf ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #7eb7ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6cacfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00c1e3 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49b6fd {
  color: #49b6fd;
}
Background
.bg-49b6fd {
  background-color: #49b6fd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49b6fd {
  border: 2px solid #49b6fd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49b6fd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 182 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 98% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49b6fd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49b6fd, #495cfd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49b6fd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 182 253 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 4.30 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 5.24 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.03 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.15 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 8.07 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 10.20 #73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 10.22 #b64902 Inverted #adadad Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#49b6fd  rgb(73, 182, 253)  hsl(204, 98%, 64%)  Maya Blue
#fd9049  rgb(253, 144, 73)  hsl(24, 98%, 64%)  Mango Tango
#fd49b6  rgb(253, 73, 182)  hsl(324, 98%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#b6fd49  rgb(182, 253, 73)  hsl(84, 98%, 64%)  Green Yellow