Recognised as Colour

#2AFFDB

#2AFFDB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#2AFFDB is a cyan with RGB values 42, 255, 219 and HSL 170°, 100%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#2AFFDB#2AFFDB

HEX#2AFFDB

RGBrgb(42, 255, 219)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 1, 0.8588

RGB percentages16.5%, 100%, 85.9%

HSLhsl(169.9, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(169.9, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK83.5%, 0%, 14.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,818,011

CSS custom property--colour: #2AFFDB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness210.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.43:1

Contrast with white1.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#D50024

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F5EFD9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 55.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBDCDEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 56.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.5 Turquoise · ΔE 17 Aqua · ΔE 19.4 Cyan · ΔE 19.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 23.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.1

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.53, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2A4E

Analogous#2AFF71, #2AB8FF

Triadic#DB2AFF, #FFDB2A

Split complementary#FF2AB8, #FF712A

Tetradic#712AFF, #FF2A4E, #B9FF2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6FFFD

Lighter +30%#C3FFF5

Lighter +20%#90FFEC

Lighter +10%#5DFFE4

Darker −10%#00F6CC

Darker −20%#00C3A2

Darker −30%#009078

Darker −40%#005D4D

More saturated +25%#2AFFDB

Less saturated −25%#45E4C9

Channel breakdown

R42

G255

B219

Red42 (16.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue219 (85.9%)

Hue169.86°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G FF · B DB

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