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Recognised as Colour

#2AEDB5

  • #2AEDB5
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Aquamarine

#2AEDB5 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 237, 181 and HSL 163°, 84%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#2AEDB5#2AEDB5
HEX#2AEDB5
RGBrgb(42, 237, 181)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.9294, 0.7098
RGB percentages16.5%, 92.9%, 71%
HSLhsl(162.8, 84.4%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162.8, 82.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK82.3%, 0%, 23.6%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,813,365
CSS custom property--colour: #2AEDB5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64397WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness193 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.88:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#D5124A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#E7DCB2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#D0CBB9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00EEDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 15.8Medium spring green · ΔE 22.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.6Turquoise · ΔE 23.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.7Light green · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 15.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED2A62
Analogous#2AED54, #2AC4ED
Triadic#B52AED, #EDB52A
Split complementary#ED2AC4, #ED542A
Tetradic#532AED, #ED2A62, #C3ED2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6FDF6
Lighter +30%#B7F9E6
Lighter +20%#88F5D6
Lighter +10%#59F1C5
Darker −10%#12D29B
Darker −20%#0EA378
Darker −30%#0A7456
Darker −40%#064533
More saturated +25%#18FFBD
Less saturated −25%#47D0A9

Channel breakdown

R42
G237
B181
Red42 (16.5%)
Green237 (92.9%)
Blue181 (71%)
Hue162.77°
Saturation (HSL)84.42%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G ED · B B5

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