Recognised as Colour

#2AFFED

#2AFFED
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#2AFFED is a cyan with RGB values 42, 255, 237 and HSL 175°, 100%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#2AFFED#2AFFED

HEX#2AFFED

RGBrgb(42, 255, 237)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 1, 0.9294

RGB percentages16.5%, 100%, 92.9%

HSLhsl(174.9, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.9, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK83.5%, 0%, 7.1%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,818,029

CSS custom property--colour: #2AFFED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.78127WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness212.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.63:1

Contrast with white1.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D0D0D0

Inverted#D50012

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F1F0ECno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D7DCEFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.26:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 9.6 Cyan · ΔE 9.6 Turquoise · ΔE 12.2 Aquamarine · ΔE 16.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 20.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 9.61, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF2A3C

Analogous#2AFF83, #2AA6FF

Triadic#ED2AFF, #FFED2A

Split complementary#FF2AA6, #FF832A

Tetradic#832AFF, #FF2A3C, #A6FF2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F6FFFE

Lighter +30%#C3FFFA

Lighter +20%#90FFF6

Lighter +10%#5DFFF1

Darker −10%#00F6E1

Darker −20%#00C3B3

Darker −30%#009084

Darker −40%#005D55

More saturated +25%#2AFFED

Less saturated −25%#45E4D7

Channel breakdown

R42

G255

B237

Red42 (16.5%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue237 (92.9%)

Hue174.93°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G FF · B ED

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