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Recognised as Colour

#2BC0AC

  • #2BC0AC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2BC0AC is a cyan with RGB values 43, 192, 172 and HSL 172°, 63%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2BC0AC#2BC0AC
HEX#2BC0AC
RGBrgb(43, 192, 172)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.7529, 0.6745
RGB percentages16.9%, 75.3%, 67.5%
HSLhsl(171.9, 63.4%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.9, 77.6%, 75.3%)
CMYK77.6%, 0%, 10.4%, 24.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,867,372
CSS custom property--colour: #2BC0AC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41191WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.24:1
Contrast with white2.27:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#D43F53

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7B4ABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3A6AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4BAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.27:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.2Turquoise · ΔE 11.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.9Dark cyan · ΔE 23
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.55, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C02B3F
Analogous#2BC061, #2B8AC0
Triadic#AC2BC0, #C0AC2B
Split complementary#C02B8A, #C0612B
Tetradic#612BC0, #C02B3F, #8AC02B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5F2EC
Lighter +30%#9BE9DE
Lighter +20%#72DFD1
Lighter +10%#48D6C3
Darker −10%#229687
Darker −20%#186D61
Darker −30%#0F433C
Darker −40%#061917
More saturated +25%#0EDDC1
Less saturated −25%#48A397

Channel breakdown

R43
G192
B172
Red43 (16.9%)
Green192 (75.3%)
Blue172 (67.5%)
Hue171.95°
Saturation (HSL)63.4%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2B · G C0 · B AC

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