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Recognised as Colour

#2AA68A

  • #2AA68A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2AA68A is a cyan with RGB values 42, 166, 138 and HSL 166°, 60%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2AA68A#2AA68A
HEX#2AA68A
RGBrgb(42, 166, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.651, 0.5412
RGB percentages16.5%, 65.1%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(166.5, 59.6%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166.5, 74.7%, 65.1%)
CMYK74.7%, 0%, 16.9%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,795,146
CSS custom property--colour: #2AA68A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.296WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.92:1
Contrast with white3.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8A8A8A
Inverted#D55975

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09B89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Deuteranopia#908F8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00A89Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.03:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.9Sea green · ΔE 18Dark cyan · ΔE 19.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.7Medium seagreen · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A62A46
Analogous#2AA64C, #2A84A6
Triadic#8A2AA6, #A68A2A
Split complementary#A62A84, #A64C2A
Tetradic#4C2AA6, #A62A46, #84A62A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1EBDE
Lighter +30%#88E1CD
Lighter +20%#5FD7BC
Lighter +10%#37CCAB
Darker −10%#207D68
Darker −20%#155546
Darker −30%#0B2C24
Darker −40%#010303
More saturated +25%#10C098
Less saturated −25%#448C7C

Channel breakdown

R42
G166
B138
Red42 (16.5%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue166.45°
Saturation (HSL)59.62%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G A6 · B 8A

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