#49afbc

Color #49afbc

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 11.14 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#49afbc

RGB

rgb(73, 175, 188)

HSL

hsl(186.8, 46.2%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.8, 61.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(61.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(66.29, -25.42, -15.47)

LCH

lch(66.29, 29.76, 211.32)

OKLCH

oklch(70%, 0.0951, 206.81)

HWB

hwb(186.8, 28.6%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#bc5649

Analogous

#49bc90

#49afbc

#4976bc

Triadic

#49afbc

#bc49af

#afbc49

Split-complementary

#49afbc

#bc4976

#bc9049

Tetradic

#49afbc

#5649bc

#bc5649

#afbc49

Square

#49afbc

#9049bc

#bc5649

#76bc49

Shades

Color #49afbc mixed toward black.

#3b949f

#2f767f

#23595f

#173b40

#0c1e20

Tints

Color #49afbc mixed toward white.

#67bcc7

#86cad2

#a4d7de

#c2e4e9

#e1f2f4

Tones

Color #49afbc mixed toward gray.

#53a8b2

#5ca0a9

#66999f

#6f9196

#798a8c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.58:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.14:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.14:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8283b9 · ΔE 27.2

Deuteranopia

#7c74b8 · ΔE 30.5

Tritanopia

#52b7b6 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#a1a1a1 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #49afbc;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#49afbc]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#49afbc (#49afbc) is rgb(73, 175, 188) in RGB.

No, #49afbc is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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