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Recognised as Colour

#2AA294

  • #2AA294
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2AA294 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 162, 148 and HSL 173°, 59%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2AA294#2AA294
HEX#2AA294
RGBrgb(42, 162, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6353, 0.5804
RGB percentages16.5%, 63.5%, 58%
HSLhsl(173, 58.8%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 74.1%, 63.5%)
CMYK74.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,794,132
CSS custom property--colour: #2AA294;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28471WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.69:1
Contrast with white3.14:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.69:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#D55D6B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9A9894no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#898C95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A59Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.14:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.69:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.2Dark cyan · ΔE 11.7Teal · ΔE 15.2Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A22A38
Analogous#2AA258, #2A74A2
Triadic#942AA2, #A2942A
Split complementary#A22A74, #A2582A
Tetradic#582AA2, #A22A38, #74A22A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AEEAE3
Lighter +30%#85E0D5
Lighter +20%#5DD5C7
Lighter +10%#35CBB9
Darker −10%#1F7A6F
Darker −20%#15514A
Darker −30%#0B2925
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#10BCA8
Less saturated −25%#448980

Channel breakdown

R42
G162
B148
Red42 (16.5%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue173°
Saturation (HSL)58.82%
Lightness40%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G A2 · B 94

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