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Recognised as Colour

#2AEEAB

  • #2AEEAB
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#2AEEAB is a cyan with RGB values 42, 238, 171 and HSL 159°, 85%, 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 Medium spring green.

Colour values

#2AEEAB#2AEEAB
HEX#2AEEAB
RGBrgb(42, 238, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.9333, 0.6706
RGB percentages16.5%, 93.3%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(159.5, 85.2%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.5, 82.4%, 93.3%)
CMYK82.4%, 0%, 28.2%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,813,611
CSS custom property--colour: #2AEEAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.64582WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.92:1
Contrast with white1.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BFBFBF
Inverted#D51154

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#EADCA7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D3CCAFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00EEDCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 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 text13.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 16.3Aquamarine · ΔE 20Light green · ΔE 22.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 23.4Pale green · ΔE 23.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 16.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EE2A6D
Analogous#2AEE49, #2ACFEE
Triadic#AB2AEE, #EEAB2A
Split complementary#EE2ACF, #EE492A
Tetradic#492AEE, #EE2A6D, #CFEE2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7FDF6
Lighter +30%#B8F9E3
Lighter +20%#88F6D0
Lighter +10%#59F2BE
Darker −10%#11D491
Darker −20%#0DA571
Darker −30%#097651
Darker −40%#064630
More saturated +25%#19FFB0
Less saturated −25%#47D1A2

Channel breakdown

R42
G238
B171
Red42 (16.5%)
Green238 (93.3%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue159.49°
Saturation (HSL)85.22%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G EE · B AB

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