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Recognised as Colour

#2AA28A

  • #2AA28A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2AA28A is a cyan with RGB values 42, 162, 138 and HSL 168°, 59%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2AA28A#2AA28A
HEX#2AA28A
RGBrgb(42, 162, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6353, 0.5412
RGB percentages16.5%, 63.5%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(168, 58.8%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168, 74.1%, 63.5%)
CMYK74.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,794,122
CSS custom property--colour: #2AA28A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28168WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#D55D75

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C9889no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C8C8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A49Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.1Dark cyan · ΔE 16.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.5Sea green · ΔE 19Teal · ΔE 19Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A22A42
Analogous#2AA24E, #2A7EA2
Triadic#8A2AA2, #A28A2A
Split complementary#A22A7E, #A24E2A
Tetradic#4E2AA2, #A22A42, #7EA22A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AEEADE
Lighter +30%#85E0CD
Lighter +20%#5DD5BD
Lighter +10%#35CBAC
Darker −10%#1F7A67
Darker −20%#155145
Darker −30%#0B2923
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#10BC99
Less saturated −25%#44897B

Channel breakdown

R42
G162
B138
Red42 (16.5%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue168°
Saturation (HSL)58.82%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G A2 · B 8A

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