Recognised as Colour

#2AAD9F

#2AAD9F
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#2AAD9F is a cyan with RGB values 42, 173, 159 and HSL 174°, 61%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2AAD9F#2AAD9F

HEX#2AAD9F

RGBrgb(42, 173, 159)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6784, 0.6235

RGB percentages16.5%, 67.8%, 62.4%

HSLhsl(173.6, 60.9%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.6, 75.7%, 67.8%)

CMYK75.7%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,796,959

CSS custom property--colour: #2AAD9F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness144.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1

Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#909090

Inverted#D55260

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A4A39Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#9296A0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00B1A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 14 Dark cyan · ΔE 15 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.1 Turquoise · ΔE 18.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.99, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#AD2A38

Analogous#2AAD5E, #2A7AAD

Triadic#9F2AAD, #AD9F2A

Split complementary#AD2A7A, #AD5E2A

Tetradic#5D2AAD, #AD2A38, #7AAD2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#B6EDE7

Lighter +30%#8DE3DA

Lighter +20%#64D9CD

Lighter +10%#3BCFBF

Darker −10%#208479

Darker −20%#165B54

Darker −30%#0C322E

Darker −40%#020908

More saturated +25%#0FC8B4

Less saturated −25%#45928A

Channel breakdown

R42

G173

B159

Red42 (16.5%)

Green173 (67.8%)

Blue159 (62.4%)

Hue173.59°

Saturation (HSL)60.93%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G AD · B 9F

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