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Recognised as Colour

#2AADBA

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

#2AADBA is a cyan with RGB values 42, 173, 186 and HSL 185°, 63%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2AADBA#2AADBA
HEX#2AADBA
RGBrgb(42, 173, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6784, 0.7294
RGB percentages16.5%, 67.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(185.4, 63.2%, 44.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(185.4, 77.4%, 72.9%)
CMYK77.4%, 7%, 0%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,796,986
CSS custom property--colour: #2AADBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33925WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.78:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#D55245

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA6BBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B97BAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5B1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 13.1Cadetblue · ΔE 13.8Dark cyan · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6Teal · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 13.07, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA372A
Analogous#2ABA7F, #2A65BA
Triadic#BA2AAD, #ADBA2A
Split complementary#BA2A65, #BA7F2A
Tetradic#7F2ABA, #BA372A, #65BA2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFECF1
Lighter +30%#96E0E7
Lighter +20%#6CD4DE
Lighter +10%#43C7D4
Darker −10%#218690
Darker −20%#176067
Darker −30%#0E393D
Darker −40%#041214
More saturated +25%#0DC4D6
Less saturated −25%#46969E

Channel breakdown

R42
G173
B186
Red42 (16.5%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue185.42°
Saturation (HSL)63.16%
Lightness44.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G AD · B BA

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