Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#2BBD8B

  • #2BBD8B
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#2BBD8B is a cyan with RGB values 43, 189, 139 and HSL 159°, 63%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#2BBD8B#2BBD8B
HEX#2BBD8B
RGBrgb(43, 189, 139)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.7412, 0.5451
RGB percentages16.9%, 74.1%, 54.5%
HSLhsl(159.5, 62.9%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.5, 77.2%, 74.1%)
CMYK77.2%, 0%, 26.5%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,866,571
CSS custom property--colour: #2BBD8B;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38773WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#D44274

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9AF88no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 47.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A7A28Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDAFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 10.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.5Sea green · ΔE 20.2Turquoise · ΔE 23.2Aquamarine · ΔE 24.3Light seagreen · ΔE 24.3
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 10.13, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD2B5D
Analogous#2BBD42, #2BA6BD
Triadic#8B2BBD, #BD8B2B
Split complementary#BD2BA6, #BD422B
Tetradic#422BBD, #BD2B5D, #A6BD2B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3F1E1
Lighter +30%#99E8CD
Lighter +20%#70DEB8
Lighter +10%#46D5A4
Darker −10%#22936C
Darker −20%#186A4E
Darker −30%#0F402F
Darker −40%#051711
More saturated +25%#0EDA94
Less saturated −25%#48A082

Channel breakdown

R43
G189
B139
Red43 (16.9%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue139 (54.5%)
Hue159.45°
Saturation (HSL)62.93%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2B · G BD · B 8B

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “2bbd8b” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.