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Recognised as Colour

#2AEE8A

  • #2AEE8A
  • Green
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#2AEE8A is a green with RGB values 42, 238, 138 and HSL 149°, 85%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#2AEE8A#2AEE8A
HEX#2AEE8A
RGBrgb(42, 238, 138)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.9333, 0.5412
RGB percentages16.5%, 93.3%, 54.1%
HSLhsl(149.4, 85.2%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(149.4, 82.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK82.4%, 0%, 42%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,813,578
CSS custom property--colour: #2AEE8A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.63476WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness189.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.7:1
Contrast with white1.53:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#D51175

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EEDA83no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 63.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#D8CA91no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 64.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBD5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 41.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.53:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 5.8Spring green · ΔE 15.5Pale green · ΔE 20.7Light green · ΔE 21.5Limegreen · ΔE 28Medium seagreen · ΔE 29
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 5.78, clearly different but related
Hue familygreen
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE2A8E
Analogous#2CEE2A, #2AEEEC
Triadic#8A2AEE, #EE8A2A
Split complementary#EC2AEE, #EE2A2C
Tetradic#2A2CEE, #EE2A8E, #EEEC2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7FDF2
Lighter +30%#B8F9D8
Lighter +20%#88F6BE
Lighter +10%#59F2A4
Darker −10%#11D471
Darker −20%#0DA557
Darker −30%#09763E
Darker −40%#064625
More saturated +25%#19FF8A
Less saturated −25%#47D18B

Channel breakdown

R42
G238
B138
Red42 (16.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue138 (54.1%)
Hue149.39°
Saturation (HSL)85.22%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G EE · B 8A

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