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Recognised as Colour

#2BB3A2

  • #2BB3A2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2BB3A2 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 179, 162 and HSL 173°, 61%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2BB3A2#2BB3A2
HEX#2BB3A2
RGBrgb(43, 179, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.702, 0.6353
RGB percentages16.9%, 70.2%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(172.5, 61.3%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.5, 76%, 70.2%)
CMYK76%, 0%, 9.5%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,864,034
CSS custom property--colour: #2BB3A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35362WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.07:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#D44C5D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAA8A1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#989BA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7AEno 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 text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 13Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.2Turquoise · ΔE 16.2Dark cyan · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B32B3C
Analogous#2BB35E, #2B80B3
Triadic#A22BB3, #B3A22B
Split complementary#B32B80, #B35E2B
Tetradic#5E2BB3, #B32B3C, #80B32B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBEFE8
Lighter +30%#92E5DB
Lighter +20%#69DBCD
Lighter +10%#40D1BF
Darker −10%#218A7D
Darker −20%#176158
Darker −30%#0D3832
Darker −40%#030F0D
More saturated +25%#0FCFB7
Less saturated −25%#47978D

Channel breakdown

R43
G179
B162
Red43 (16.9%)
Green179 (70.2%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue172.5°
Saturation (HSL)61.26%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2B · G B3 · B A2

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