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#49E5ED

#49e5ed ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49e5ed is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 89.8% green and 92.94% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 69.2% cyan, 3.38% magenta, 0% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 182.93°, with 82% saturation and 60.78% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.71:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 5.2.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#33ccff
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Relative luminance0.6357

Complementary

  1. #49e5ed
  2. #ed5149

Split complementary

  1. #49e5ed
  2. #ed4993
  3. #eda349

Analogous

  1. #49eda3
  2. #49e5ed
  3. #4993ed

Triadic

  1. #49e5ed
  2. #ed49e5
  3. #e5ed49

Tetradic

  1. #49e5ed
  2. #5149ed
  3. #ed5149
  4. #e5ed49

Square

  1. #49e5ed
  2. #a349ed
  3. #ed5149
  4. #93ed49

Monochromatic

  1. #0e898f
  2. #15cbd4
  3. #49e5ed
  4. #8feff4
  5. #d4f9fb

Shades

#49e5ed mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49e5ed
  2. #42ced5
  3. #3ab7be
  4. #33a0a6
  5. #2c898e
  6. #257377
  7. #1d5c5f
  8. #164547
  9. #0f2e2f
  10. #071718
  11. #000000

Tints

#49e5ed mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49e5ed
  2. #5be8ef
  3. #6deaf1
  4. #80edf2
  5. #92eff4
  6. #a4f2f6
  7. #b6f5f8
  8. #c8f7fa
  9. #dbfafb
  10. #edfcfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49e5ed mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49e5ed
  2. #4fdbe2
  3. #54d1d7
  4. #5ac7cc
  5. #5fbdc1
  6. #65b3b7
  7. #6aa8ac
  8. #709ea1
  9. #759496
  10. #7b8a8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.71:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d1d1d1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #abd9dd ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #d4dbee ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #bcc9ee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ede7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #aedfed ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9bd5ed ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00eae9 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49e5ed {
  color: #49e5ed;
}
Background
.bg-49e5ed {
  background-color: #49e5ed;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49e5ed {
  border: 2px solid #49e5ed;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49e5ed;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 229 237;
  --color-primary-hsl: 183 82% 61%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49e5ed {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49e5ed, #4993ed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49e5ed {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 229 237 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 5.20 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 6.20 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 6.46 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 6.46 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.52 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.58 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 7.07 #b61a12 Inverted #d1d1d1 Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#49e5ed  rgb(73, 229, 237)  hsl(183, 82%, 61%)  Electric Blue
#ed5149  rgb(237, 81, 73)  hsl(3, 82%, 61%)  Cinnabar
#ed49e5  rgb(237, 73, 229)  hsl(303, 82%, 61%)  Fuchsia
#e5ed49  rgb(229, 237, 73)  hsl(63, 82%, 61%)  Pear