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Recognised as Colour

#2BA494

  • #2BA494
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2BA494 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 164, 148 and HSL 172°, 58%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2BA494#2BA494
HEX#2BA494
RGBrgb(43, 164, 148)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.6431, 0.5804
RGB percentages16.9%, 64.3%, 58%
HSLhsl(172.1, 58.5%, 40.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 73.8%, 64.3%)
CMYK73.8%, 0%, 9.8%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,860,180
CSS custom property--colour: #2BA494;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29203WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.84:1
Contrast with white3.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#D45B6B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9C9A93no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8C8E95no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A79Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.07:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.2Dark cyan · ΔE 13Teal · ΔE 16.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6Cadetblue · ΔE 17.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A42B3B
Analogous#2BA458, #2B78A4
Triadic#942BA4, #A4942B
Split complementary#A42B77, #A4582B
Tetradic#582BA4, #A42B3B, #77A42B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1EAE3
Lighter +30%#88E0D4
Lighter +20%#60D5C6
Lighter +10%#37CBB7
Darker −10%#207C70
Darker −20%#16534B
Darker −30%#0B2B27
Darker −40%#010202
More saturated +25%#11BEA7
Less saturated −25%#458A81

Channel breakdown

R43
G164
B148
Red43 (16.9%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue148 (58%)
Hue172.07°
Saturation (HSL)58.45%
Lightness40.59%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2B · G A4 · B 94

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