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Recognised as Colour

#2AFF9E

  • #2AFF9E
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium spring green

#2AFF9E is a cyan with RGB values 42, 255, 158 and HSL 153°, 100%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium spring green.

Colour values

#2AFF9E#2AFF9E
HEX#2AFF9E
RGBrgb(42, 255, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 1, 0.6196
RGB percentages16.5%, 100%, 62%
HSLhsl(152.7, 100%, 58.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.7, 83.5%, 100%)
CMYK83.5%, 0%, 38%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,817,950
CSS custom property--colour: #2AFF9E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.74481WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness203.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.9:1
Contrast with white1.32:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.9:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#CBCBCB
Inverted#D50061

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#FDEA97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 65.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#E6D9A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 66.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00FDE7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 39.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.32:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.9:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium spring green · ΔE 2.1Spring green · ΔE 15.8Pale green · ΔE 22.2Light green · ΔE 23.9Limegreen · ΔE 33.1Medium seagreen · ΔE 33.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium spring green (#00FA9A)ΔE 2.09, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF2A8B
Analogous#2AFF33, #2AF6FF
Triadic#9E2AFF, #FF9E2A
Split complementary#FF2AF6, #FF332A
Tetradic#332AFF, #FF2A8B, #F6FF2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F6FFFB
Lighter +30%#C3FFE4
Lighter +20%#90FFCC
Lighter +10%#5DFFB5
Darker −10%#00F686
Darker −20%#00C36A
Darker −30%#00904E
Darker −40%#005D33
More saturated +25%#2AFF9E
Less saturated −25%#45E49C

Channel breakdown

R42
G255
B158
Red42 (16.5%)
Green255 (100%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue152.68°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness58.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G FF · B 9E

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