HEX Color #49AFA8 (Lightseagreen)

About #49AFA8

When working with digital screens, the color #49AFA8 is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Lightseagreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 73 red, 175 green, and 168 blue.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). The color uses 58% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 4% Yellow, and 31% Black. The HSL representation is 175.9° hue, 41.1% saturation, and 48.6% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#49AFA8

RGB73, 175, 168

HSL175.9°, 41.1%, 48.6%

CMYK58%, 0%, 4%, 31%

HSV175.9°, 58.3%, 68.6%

LAB65.7, -31.1, -5.3

XYZ25.1, 34.9, 42.5

Decimal4829096

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#49AFA8 #AF4950

Analogous

#49AF75 #4982AF

Triadic

#A749AF #AFA849

Tetradic

#7449AF #AF4950 #83AF49

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#49AFA8

#5DB7B1

#71C0BB

#85C9C5

#99D2CE

#AEDBD8

#C2E4E2

#D6EDEB

#EAF6F5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#49AFA8

#409B95

#388882

#307470

#28615D

#204D4A

#183A38

#102625

#081312

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.63:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.98:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.51:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.78:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #49AFA8; }

.text-color { color: #49AFA8; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #49AFA8; }

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