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#49C6DA

#49c6da ≈ Dark Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49c6da is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 77.65% green and 85.49% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 66.51% cyan, 9.17% magenta, 0% yellow and 14.51% black. Its hue angle is 188.28°, with 66.21% saturation and 57.06% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 10.37:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Turquoise (#00ced1), ΔE 7.44.

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Relative luminance0.4687

Complementary

  1. #49c6da
  2. #da5d49

Split complementary

  1. #49c6da
  2. #da497d
  3. #daa649

Analogous

  1. #49daa6
  2. #49c6da
  3. #497dda

Triadic

  1. #49c6da
  2. #da49c6
  3. #c6da49

Tetradic

  1. #49c6da
  2. #5d49da
  3. #da5d49
  4. #c6da49

Square

  1. #49c6da
  2. #a649da
  3. #da5d49
  4. #7dda49

Monochromatic

  1. #176673
  2. #249fb2
  3. #49c6da
  4. #89dae7
  5. #c8eef4

Shades

#49c6da mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49c6da
  2. #42b2c4
  3. #3a9eae
  4. #338b99
  5. #2c7783
  6. #25636d
  7. #1d4f57
  8. #163b41
  9. #0f282c
  10. #071416
  11. #000000

Tints

#49c6da mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49c6da
  2. #5bccde
  3. #6dd1e1
  4. #80d7e5
  5. #92dde9
  6. #a4e3ed
  7. #b6e8f0
  8. #c8eef4
  9. #dbf4f8
  10. #edf9fb
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49c6da mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49c6da
  2. #4fbfd1
  3. #54b8c8
  4. #5ab1bf
  5. #5faab6
  6. #65a3ad
  7. #6a9ca4
  8. #70959b
  9. #758e92
  10. #7b8789
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.02:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 10.37:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #b6b6b6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #97bdc6 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b5bfdb ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a0b0da ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00cfcc ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #96c2db ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #86b9da ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00cbd2 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49c6da {
  color: #49c6da;
}
Background
.bg-49c6da {
  background-color: #49c6da;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49c6da {
  border: 2px solid #49c6da;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49c6da;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 198 218;
  --color-primary-hsl: 188 66% 57%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49c6da {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49c6da, #497dda);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49c6da {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 198 218 / 0.35);
}

#00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 7.44 #87ceeb Sky Blue ΔE 8.16 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.30 #89cff0 Baby Blue ΔE 9.31 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 9.43 #a4dded Non-Photo Blue ΔE 10.43 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 10.51 #b63925 Inverted #b6b6b6 Grayscale 

Dark Turquoise
#49c6da  rgb(73, 198, 218)  hsl(188, 66%, 57%)  Dark Turquoise
#da5d49  rgb(218, 93, 73)  hsl(8, 66%, 57%)  Cinnabar
#da49c6  rgb(218, 73, 198)  hsl(308, 66%, 57%)  Shocking Pink
#c6da49  rgb(198, 218, 73)  hsl(68, 66%, 57%)  June Bud