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Recognised as Colour

#2B8780

  • #2B8780
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#2B8780 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 135, 128 and HSL 175°, 52%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#2B8780#2B8780
HEX#2B8780
RGBrgb(43, 135, 128)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.5294, 0.502
RGB percentages16.9%, 52.9%, 50.2%
HSLhsl(175.4, 51.7%, 34.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 68.1%, 52.9%)
CMYK68.1%, 0%, 5.2%, 47.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,852,736
CSS custom property--colour: #2B8780;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.194WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.88:1
Contrast with white4.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#737373
Inverted#D4787F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#808080no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#727681no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.2 from the original
Tritanopia#008A85no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 5.3Dark cyan · ΔE 5.6Cadetblue · ΔE 13.6Light seagreen · ΔE 17.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 25.8Sea green · ΔE 26.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 5.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#872B32
Analogous#2B8752, #2B6087
Triadic#802B87, #87802B
Split complementary#872B60, #87522B
Tetradic#522B87, #872B32, #60872B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EE0DB
Lighter +30%#77D4CD
Lighter +20%#51C7BE
Lighter +10%#37AEA5
Darker −10%#1F605B
Darker −20%#123A37
Darker −30%#061312
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#159D93
Less saturated −25%#41716D

Channel breakdown

R43
G135
B128
Red43 (16.9%)
Green135 (52.9%)
Blue128 (50.2%)
Hue175.43°
Saturation (HSL)51.69%
Lightness34.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2B · G 87 · B 80

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