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Recognised as Colour

#2AB199

  • #2AB199
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2AB199 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 177, 153 and HSL 169°, 62%, 43%. 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

#2AB199#2AB199
HEX#2AB199
RGBrgb(42, 177, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6941, 0.6
RGB percentages16.5%, 69.4%, 60%
HSLhsl(169.3, 61.6%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.3, 76.3%, 69.4%)
CMYK76.3%, 0%, 13.6%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,797,977
CSS custom property--colour: #2AB199;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34236WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#D54E66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAA698no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#98999Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.1Turquoise · ΔE 17.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.7Dark cyan · ΔE 19.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B12A42
Analogous#2AB155, #2A86B1
Triadic#992AB1, #B1992A
Split complementary#B12A86, #B1552A
Tetradic#552AB1, #B12A42, #86B12A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9EEE5
Lighter +30%#8FE5D5
Lighter +20%#66DBC6
Lighter +10%#3DD1B7
Darker −10%#208875
Darker −20%#165F52
Darker −30%#0D352E
Darker −40%#030C0A
More saturated +25%#0FCCAB
Less saturated −25%#459687

Channel breakdown

R42
G177
B153
Red42 (16.5%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue169.33°
Saturation (HSL)61.64%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G B1 · B 99

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