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Recognised as Colour

#2AD5C5

  • #2AD5C5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#2AD5C5 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 213, 197 and HSL 174°, 67%, 50%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#2AD5C5#2AD5C5
HEX#2AD5C5
RGBrgb(42, 213, 197)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.8353, 0.7725
RGB percentages16.5%, 83.5%, 77.3%
HSLhsl(174.4, 67.1%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.4, 80.3%, 83.5%)
CMYK80.3%, 0%, 7.5%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,807,237
CSS custom property--colour: #2AD5C5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52112WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness177.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.42:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.42:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#D52A3A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CAC9C5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#B4B8C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00DAD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.42:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.8Light seagreen · ΔE 13.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.9Aqua · ΔE 17.5
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.95, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D52A3A
Analogous#2AD570, #2A8FD5
Triadic#C52AD5, #D5C52A
Split complementary#D52A8F, #D5702A
Tetradic#702AD5, #D52A3A, #8FD52A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4F7F3
Lighter +30%#AAEEE8
Lighter +20%#7FE6DC
Lighter +10%#55DDD1
Darker −10%#22AA9E
Darker −20%#198076
Darker −30%#11554F
Darker −40%#082B27
More saturated +25%#0AF5DF
Less saturated −25%#4AB5AB

Channel breakdown

R42
G213
B197
Red42 (16.5%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue197 (77.3%)
Hue174.39°
Saturation (HSL)67.06%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G D5 · B C5

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