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Recognised as Colour

#2ABDAD

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

#2ABDAD is a cyan with RGB values 42, 189, 173 and HSL 173°, 64%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2ABDAD#2ABDAD
HEX#2ABDAD
RGBrgb(42, 189, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.7412, 0.6784
RGB percentages16.5%, 74.1%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(173.5, 63.6%, 45.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.5, 77.8%, 74.1%)
CMYK77.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,801,069
CSS custom property--colour: #2ABDAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39905WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.98:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.98:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#D54252

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B2ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A3AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00C1B8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.98:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 10Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.4Turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.8Dark cyan · ΔE 20.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD2A3A
Analogous#2ABD64, #2A83BD
Triadic#AD2ABD, #BDAD2A
Split complementary#BD2A84, #BD642A
Tetradic#632ABD, #BD2A3A, #84BD2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C2F1EC
Lighter +30%#98E8DF
Lighter +20%#6EDFD3
Lighter +10%#44D6C6
Darker −10%#219387
Darker −20%#176A61
Darker −30%#0E403A
Darker −40%#051614
More saturated +25%#0DDAC4
Less saturated −25%#47A096

Channel breakdown

R42
G189
B173
Red42 (16.5%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue173.47°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness45.29%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G BD · B AD

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