Recognised as Colour

#2AEDB8

#2AEDB8
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#2AEDB8 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 237, 184 and HSL 164°, 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

#2AEDB8#2AEDB8

HEX#2AEDB8

RGBrgb(42, 237, 184)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.9294, 0.7216

RGB percentages16.5%, 92.9%, 72.2%

HSLhsl(163.7, 84.4%, 54.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.7, 82.3%, 92.9%)

CMYK82.3%, 0%, 22.4%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,813,368

CSS custom property--colour: #2AEDB8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness193.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.9:1

Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black13.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C0C0C0

Inverted#D51247

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E7DCB5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 56 from the original

Deuteranopia#D0CBBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 57.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00EEDEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 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 text13.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 14.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 21.7 Turquoise · ΔE 21.9 Medium spring green · ΔE 23.7 Medium seagreen · ΔE 24.1 Light green · ΔE 26.7

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 14.8, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#ED2A5F

Analogous#2AED57, #2AC0ED

Triadic#B82AED, #EDB82A

Split complementary#ED2AC0, #ED572A

Tetradic#572AED, #ED2A5F, #C0ED2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E6FDF7

Lighter +30%#B7F9E7

Lighter +20%#88F5D7

Lighter +10%#59F1C8

Darker −10%#12D29E

Darker −20%#0EA37B

Darker −30%#0A7457

Darker −40%#064534

More saturated +25%#18FFC0

Less saturated −25%#47D0AB

Channel breakdown

R42

G237

B184

Red42 (16.5%)

Green237 (92.9%)

Blue184 (72.2%)

Hue163.69°

Saturation (HSL)84.42%

Lightness54.71%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G ED · B B8

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