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Recognised as Colour

#2BA89B

  • #2BA89B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2BA89B is a cyan with RGB values 43, 168, 155 and HSL 174°, 59%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2BA89B#2BA89B
HEX#2BA89B
RGBrgb(43, 168, 155)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.6588, 0.6078
RGB percentages16.9%, 65.9%, 60.8%
HSLhsl(173.8, 59.2%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173.8, 74.4%, 65.9%)
CMYK74.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,861,211
CSS custom property--colour: #2BA89B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30885WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.18:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8C8C8C
Inverted#D45764

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9E9Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E929Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5Dark cyan · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.5Teal · ΔE 16.9Cadetblue · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.99, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A82B38
Analogous#2BA85C, #2B77A8
Triadic#9B2BA8, #A89B2B
Split complementary#A82B77, #A85C2B
Tetradic#5C2BA8, #A82B38, #77A82B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3ECE6
Lighter +30%#8BE1D8
Lighter +20%#62D7CB
Lighter +10%#3ACCBD
Darker −10%#217F76
Darker −20%#165750
Darker −30%#0C2E2B
Darker −40%#010605
More saturated +25%#11C2B0
Less saturated −25%#458E86

Channel breakdown

R43
G168
B155
Red43 (16.9%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue155 (60.8%)
Hue173.76°
Saturation (HSL)59.24%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2B · G A8 · B 9B

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