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Recognised as Colour

#2AAD98

  • #2AAD98
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2AAD98 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 173, 152 and HSL 170°, 61%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2AAD98#2AAD98
HEX#2AAD98
RGBrgb(42, 173, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6784, 0.5961
RGB percentages16.5%, 67.8%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(170.4, 60.9%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.4, 75.7%, 67.8%)
CMYK75.7%, 0%, 12.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,796,952
CSS custom property--colour: #2AAD98;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32646WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.53:1
Contrast with white2.79:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.53:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#D55267

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A297no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#94959Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.79:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.53:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1Dark cyan · ΔE 17.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.4Turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.68, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD2A3F
Analogous#2AAD56, #2A81AD
Triadic#982AAD, #AD982A
Split complementary#AD2A81, #AD572A
Tetradic#562AAD, #AD2A3F, #81AD2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6EDE4
Lighter +30%#8DE3D5
Lighter +20%#64D9C6
Lighter +10%#3BCFB8
Darker −10%#208474
Darker −20%#165B50
Darker −30%#0C322C
Darker −40%#020908
More saturated +25%#0FC8AA
Less saturated −25%#459286

Channel breakdown

R42
G173
B152
Red42 (16.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue170.38°
Saturation (HSL)60.93%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G AD · B 98

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