Recognised as Colour

#2AFFE6

#2AFFE6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#2AFFE6 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 255, 230 and HSL 173°, 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 Aqua.

Colour values

#2AFFE6#2AFFE6

HEX#2AFFE6

RGBrgb(42, 255, 230)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 1, 0.902

RGB percentages16.5%, 100%, 90.2%

HSLhsl(173, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK83.5%, 0%, 9.8%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,818,022

CSS custom property--colour: #2AFFE6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.77725WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.55:1

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

Contrast with black16.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#D50019

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3F0E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#D8DCE8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 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 text16.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 13.4 Cyan · ΔE 13.4 Turquoise · ΔE 13.4 Aquamarine · ΔE 14.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 22.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 13.43, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2A43

Analogous#2AFF7B, #2AAEFF

Triadic#E62AFF, #FFE62A

Split complementary#FF2AAE, #FF7B2A

Tetradic#7B2AFF, #FF2A43, #AEFF2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6FFFE

Lighter +30%#C3FFF8

Lighter +20%#90FFF2

Lighter +10%#5DFFEC

Darker −10%#00F6D9

Darker −20%#00C3AC

Darker −30%#00907F

Darker −40%#005D52

More saturated +25%#2AFFE6

Less saturated −25%#45E4D2

Channel breakdown

R42

G255

B230

Red42 (16.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue230 (90.2%)

Hue172.96°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G FF · B E6

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