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Recognised as Colour

#2AB97F

  • #2AB97F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#2AB97F is a cyan with RGB values 42, 185, 127 and HSL 156°, 63%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#2AB97F#2AB97F
HEX#2AB97F
RGBrgb(42, 185, 127)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.7255, 0.498
RGB percentages16.5%, 72.5%, 49.8%
HSLhsl(155.7, 63%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.7, 77.3%, 72.5%)
CMYK77.3%, 0%, 31.4%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,799,999
CSS custom property--colour: #2AB97F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36722WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.34:1
Contrast with white2.52:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#969696
Inverted#D54680

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7AB7Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A59E83no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.52:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 5.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.4Sea green · ΔE 18.9Light green · ΔE 26.7Dark seagreen · ΔE 27.1Aquamarine · ΔE 27.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B92A64
Analogous#2AB938, #2AABB9
Triadic#7F2AB9, #B97F2A
Split complementary#B92AAB, #B9382A
Tetradic#382AB9, #B92A64, #ABB92A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BFF0DC
Lighter +30%#95E7C6
Lighter +20%#6BDEAF
Lighter +10%#42D499
Darker −10%#218F62
Darker −20%#176646
Darker −30%#0E3C29
Darker −40%#04130D
More saturated +25%#0ED584
Less saturated −25%#469D7A

Channel breakdown

R42
G185
B127
Red42 (16.5%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue127 (49.8%)
Hue155.66°
Saturation (HSL)63%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G B9 · B 7F

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