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Recognised as Colour

#2AA589

  • #2AA589
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2AA589 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 165, 137 and HSL 166°, 59%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2AA589#2AA589
HEX#2AA589
RGBrgb(42, 165, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6471, 0.5373
RGB percentages16.5%, 64.7%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(166.3, 59.4%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.3, 74.5%, 64.7%)
CMYK74.5%, 0%, 17%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,794,889
CSS custom property--colour: #2AA589;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29209WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness136.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#D55A76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9A88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F8E8Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00A79Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2Sea green · ΔE 17.7Dark cyan · ΔE 18.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 21Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A52A46
Analogous#2AA54C, #2A83A5
Triadic#892AA5, #A5892A
Split complementary#A52A84, #A54C2A
Tetradic#4C2AA5, #A52A46, #83A52A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B0EBDE
Lighter +30%#87E1CC
Lighter +20%#5FD6BB
Lighter +10%#36CCAA
Darker −10%#207C67
Darker −20%#155445
Darker −30%#0B2B24
Darker −40%#010202
More saturated +25%#10BF97
Less saturated −25%#448B7B

Channel breakdown

R42
G165
B137
Red42 (16.5%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue166.34°
Saturation (HSL)59.42%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G A5 · B 89

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