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Recognised as Colour

#2A9B72

  • #2A9B72
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2A9B72 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 155, 114 and HSL 158°, 57%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2A9B72#2A9B72
HEX#2A9B72
RGBrgb(42, 155, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6078, 0.4471
RGB percentages16.5%, 60.8%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(158.2, 57.4%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.2, 72.9%, 60.8%)
CMYK72.9%, 0%, 26.5%, 39.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,792,306
CSS custom property--colour: #2A9B72;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2515WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness126.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.03:1
Contrast with white3.48:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.03:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#808080
Inverted#D5648D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#989070no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8575no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#009B90no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.48:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 9.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.2Light seagreen · ΔE 21.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.5Dark cyan · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 9.44, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9B2A53
Analogous#2A9B3A, #2A8B9B
Triadic#722A9B, #9B722A
Split complementary#9B2A8B, #9B392A
Tetradic#3A2A9B, #9B2A53, #8C9B2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A9E8D1
Lighter +30%#81DDBC
Lighter +20%#59D2A6
Lighter +10%#35C390
Darker −10%#1F7354
Darker −20%#144B37
Darker −30%#092319
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#11B479
Less saturated −25%#43826B

Channel breakdown

R42
G155
B114
Red42 (16.5%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue158.23°
Saturation (HSL)57.36%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G 9B · B 72

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