Colour

#2AFFE4

#2AFFE4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#2AFFE4 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 255, 228 and HSL 172°, 100%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

#2AFFE4#2AFFE4

HEX#2AFFE4

RGBrgb(42, 255, 228)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 1, 0.8941

RGB percentages16.5%, 100%, 89.4%

HSLhsl(172.4, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(172.4, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK83.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,818,020

CSS custom property--colour: #2AFFE4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77614WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.52:1

Contrast with white1.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#D5001B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3EFE3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D9DCE6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 55 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.27:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 13.6 Turquoise · ΔE 14 Aqua · ΔE 14.5 Cyan · ΔE 14.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.8 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 13.6, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2A45

Analogous#2AFF7A, #2AAFFF

Triadic#E42AFF, #FFE42A

Split complementary#FF2AB0, #FF7A2A

Tetradic#792AFF, #FF2A45, #AFFF2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6FFFE

Lighter +30%#C3FFF7

Lighter +20%#90FFF1

Lighter +10%#5DFFEA

Darker −10%#00F6D7

Darker −20%#00C3AA

Darker −30%#00907E

Darker −40%#005D51

More saturated +25%#2AFFE4

Less saturated −25%#45E4D0

Channel breakdown

R42

G255

B228

Red42 (16.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue228 (89.4%)

Hue172.39°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G FF · B E4

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