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Recognised as Colour

#2ADE9C

  • #2ADE9C
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#2ADE9C is a cyan with RGB values 42, 222, 156 and HSL 158°, 73%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#2ADE9C#2ADE9C
HEX#2ADE9C
RGBrgb(42, 222, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.8706, 0.6118
RGB percentages16.5%, 87.1%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(158, 73.2%, 51.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158, 81.1%, 87.1%)
CMYK81.1%, 0%, 29.7%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,809,500
CSS custom property--colour: #2ADE9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.03:1
Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3
Inverted#D52163

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#DACD98no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#C5BEA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original
Tritanopia#00DECCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 17.6Medium spring green · ΔE 19.2Aquamarine · ΔE 21.1Light green · ΔE 21.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 23.6Pale green · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 17.58, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE2A6C
Analogous#2ADE42, #2AC6DE
Triadic#9C2ADE, #DE9C2A
Split complementary#DE2AC6, #DE422A
Tetradic#422ADE, #DE2A6C, #C6DE2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBF9EE
Lighter +30%#AEF3DA
Lighter +20%#82ECC5
Lighter +10%#56E5B1
Darker −10%#1DB87F
Darker −20%#168C61
Darker −30%#0F6042
Darker −40%#083424
More saturated +25%#0BFDA4
Less saturated −25%#49BF94

Channel breakdown

R42
G222
B156
Red42 (16.5%)
Green222 (87.1%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue158°
Saturation (HSL)73.17%
Lightness51.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G DE · B 9C

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