Recognised as Colour

#2AEEEC

#2AEEEC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#2AEEEC is a cyan with RGB values 42, 238, 236 and HSL 179°, 85%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#2AEEEC#2AEEEC

HEX#2AEEEC

RGBrgb(42, 238, 236)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.9333, 0.9255

RGB percentages16.5%, 93.3%, 92.5%

HSLhsl(179.4, 85.2%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179.4, 82.4%, 93.3%)

CMYK82.4%, 0%, 0.8%, 6.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,813,676

CSS custom property--colour: #2AEEEC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness200.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.54:1

Contrast with white1.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black14.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C4C4C4

Inverted#D51113

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE2ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#C4CFEDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00F6EDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.44:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text14.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 6.7 Cyan · ΔE 6.7 Turquoise · ΔE 9.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.1 Light seagreen · ΔE 22

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 6.66, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#EE2A2C

Analogous#2AEE8A, #2A8EEE

Triadic#EC2AEE, #EEEC2A

Split complementary#EE2A8E, #EE8A2A

Tetradic#8A2AEE, #EE2A2C, #8EEE2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#E7FDFD

Lighter +30%#B8F9F9

Lighter +20%#88F6F4

Lighter +10%#59F2F0

Darker −10%#11D4D2

Darker −20%#0DA5A3

Darker −30%#097675

Darker −40%#064646

More saturated +25%#19FFFD

Less saturated −25%#47D1D0

Channel breakdown

R42

G238

B236

Red42 (16.5%)

Green238 (93.3%)

Blue236 (92.5%)

Hue179.39°

Saturation (HSL)85.22%

Lightness54.9%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G EE · B EC

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