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Recognised as Colour

#2BC8C4

  • #2BC8C4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium turquoise

#2BC8C4 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 200, 196 and HSL 178°, 65%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium turquoise.

Colour values

#2BC8C4#2BC8C4
HEX#2BC8C4
RGBrgb(43, 200, 196)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.7843, 0.7686
RGB percentages16.9%, 78.4%, 76.9%
HSLhsl(178.5, 64.6%, 47.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 78.5%, 78.4%)
CMYK78.5%, 0%, 2%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,869,444
CSS custom property--colour: #2BC8C4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45808WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.16:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#D4373B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBBDC4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6AEC5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium turquoise · ΔE 3.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 4.8Light seagreen · ΔE 8.3Turquoise · ΔE 10.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.7Aqua · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourMedium turquoise (#48D1CC)ΔE 3.94, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C82B2F
Analogous#2BC876, #2B7DC8
Triadic#C42BC8, #C8C42B
Split complementary#C82B7D, #C8762B
Tetradic#752BC8, #C82B2F, #7DC82B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CBF4F3
Lighter +30%#A1EBE9
Lighter +20%#77E2DF
Lighter +10%#4DD9D5
Darker −10%#229E9B
Darker −20%#197472
Darker −30%#104A49
Darker −40%#07201F
More saturated +25%#0DE6E1
Less saturated −25%#49AAA7

Channel breakdown

R43
G200
B196
Red43 (16.9%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue196 (76.9%)
Hue178.47°
Saturation (HSL)64.61%
Lightness47.65%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2B · G C8 · B C4

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