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Recognised as Colour

#2AA697

  • #2AA697
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2AA697 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 166, 151 and HSL 173°, 60%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2AA697#2AA697
HEX#2AA697
RGBrgb(42, 166, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.651, 0.5922
RGB percentages16.5%, 65.1%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(172.7, 59.6%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.7, 74.7%, 65.1%)
CMYK74.7%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,795,159
CSS custom property--colour: #2AA697;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29999WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#D55968

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9E9C96no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D9098no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A9A1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.2Dark cyan · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6Teal · ΔE 16.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.4Cadetblue · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.22, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A62A39
Analogous#2AA659, #2A77A6
Triadic#972AA6, #A6972A
Split complementary#A62A77, #A6592A
Tetradic#592AA6, #A62A39, #77A62A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1EBE4
Lighter +30%#88E1D6
Lighter +20%#5FD7C8
Lighter +10%#37CCBA
Darker −10%#207D72
Darker −20%#15554D
Darker −30%#0B2C28
Darker −40%#010303
More saturated +25%#10C0AB
Less saturated −25%#448C83

Channel breakdown

R42
G166
B151
Red42 (16.5%)
Green166 (65.1%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue172.74°
Saturation (HSL)59.62%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G A6 · B 97

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