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#49AFFE

#49affe ≈ Maya Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#49affe is a color from the azure family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 28.63% red, 68.63% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 71.26% cyan, 31.1% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 206.19°, with 98.91% saturation and 64.12% 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 8.85:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Maya Blue (#73c2fb), ΔE 5.88.

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Web safe#3399ff
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Relative luminance0.3923

Complementary

  1. #49affe
  2. #fe9849

Split complementary

  1. #49affe
  2. #fe4955
  3. #fef349

Analogous

  1. #49fef3
  2. #49affe
  3. #4955fe

Triadic

  1. #49affe
  2. #fe49af
  3. #affe49

Tetradic

  1. #49affe
  2. #9849fe
  3. #fe9849
  4. #affe49

Square

  1. #49affe
  2. #f349fe
  3. #fe9849
  4. #55fe49

Monochromatic

  1. #0162ad
  2. #018df9
  3. #49affe
  4. #95d0fe
  5. #e1f2ff

Shades

#49affe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #49affe
  2. #429ee5
  3. #3a8ccb
  4. #337bb2
  5. #2c6998
  6. #25587f
  7. #1d4666
  8. #16354c
  9. #0f2333
  10. #071219
  11. #000000

Tints

#49affe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #49affe
  2. #5bb7fe
  3. #6dbffe
  4. #80c7fe
  5. #92cffe
  6. #a4d7ff
  7. #b6dfff
  8. #c8e7ff
  9. #dbefff
  10. #edf7ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#49affe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #49affe
  2. #4faaf1
  3. #54a6e5
  4. #5aa1d8
  5. #5f9ccc
  6. #6598bf
  7. #6a93b2
  8. #708ea6
  9. #758999
  10. #7b858d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.37:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.85:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a8a8a8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8cabd0 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8bb2ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #72a0fd ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00c2cb ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #76b1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #64a6fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00bbe1 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-49affe {
  color: #49affe;
}
Background
.bg-49affe {
  background-color: #49affe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-49affe {
  border: 2px solid #49affe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #49affe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 73 175 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 206 99% 64%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-49affe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #49affe, #4955fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-49affe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(73 175 254 / 0.35);
}

#73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 5.88 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.91 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 6.11 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 7.91 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 9.59 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 9.84 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 10.34 #b65001 Inverted #a8a8a8 Grayscale 

Maya Blue
#49affe  rgb(73, 175, 254)  hsl(206, 99%, 64%)  Maya Blue
#fe9849  rgb(254, 152, 73)  hsl(26, 99%, 64%)  Sandy Brown
#fe49af  rgb(254, 73, 175)  hsl(326, 99%, 64%)  Wild Strawberry
#affe49  rgb(175, 254, 73)  hsl(86, 99%, 64%)  Green Yellow