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Recognised as Colour

#2AA772

  • #2AA772
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#2AA772 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 167, 114 and HSL 155°, 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 Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#2AA772#2AA772
HEX#2AA772
RGBrgb(42, 167, 114)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6549, 0.4471
RGB percentages16.5%, 65.5%, 44.7%
HSLhsl(154.6, 59.8%, 41%)
HSV / HSBhsv(154.6, 74.9%, 65.5%)
CMYK74.9%, 0%, 31.7%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,795,378
CSS custom property--colour: #2AA772;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29345WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.87:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.87:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#D5588D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A59A6Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#958F75no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44 from the original
Tritanopia#00A699no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 7.8Sea green · ΔE 11.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.2Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.9Light seagreen · ΔE 26.2Forest green · ΔE 29.2
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 7.83, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A72A5F
Analogous#2AA734, #2A9EA7
Triadic#722AA7, #A7722A
Split complementary#A72A9E, #A7342A
Tetradic#332AA7, #A72A5F, #9DA72A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1ECD3
Lighter +30%#89E1BC
Lighter +20%#60D7A5
Lighter +10%#37CD8D
Darker −10%#207E56
Darker −20%#16553A
Darker −30%#0B2D1F
Darker −40%#010403
More saturated +25%#10C176
Less saturated −25%#448D6E

Channel breakdown

R42
G167
B114
Red42 (16.5%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue114 (44.7%)
Hue154.56°
Saturation (HSL)59.81%
Lightness40.98%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G A7 · B 72

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