Recognised as Colour

#2ACBB5

#2ACBB5
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Turquoise

#2ACBB5 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 203, 181 and HSL 172°, 66%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#2ACBB5

RGBrgb(42, 203, 181)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.7961, 0.7098

RGB percentages16.5%, 79.6%, 71%

HSLhsl(171.8, 65.7%, 48%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.8, 79.3%, 79.6%)

CMYK79.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,804,661

CSS custom property--colour: #2ACBB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4654WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness168.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.31:1

Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black10.31:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7

Inverted#D5344A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C2BFB4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#ADAFB7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00CFC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text10.31:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.9 Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.2 Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 20.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.23, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#CB2A40

Analogous#2ACB64, #2A91CB

Triadic#B52ACB, #CBB52A

Split complementary#CB2A91, #CB652A

Tetradic#642ACB, #CB2A40, #90CB2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CCF5EF

Lighter +30%#A2ECE2

Lighter +20%#78E3D4

Lighter +10%#4EDAC7

Darker −10%#21A18F

Darker −20%#19766A

Darker −30%#104C44

Darker −40%#07221E

More saturated +25%#0BEACB

Less saturated −25%#49AC9F

Channel breakdown

R42

G203

B181

Red42 (16.5%)

Green203 (79.6%)

Blue181 (71%)

Hue171.8°

Saturation (HSL)65.71%

Lightness48.04%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G CB · B B5

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