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Recognised as Colour

#2BC8D2

  • #2BC8D2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2BC8D2 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 200, 210 and HSL 184°, 66%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#2BC8D2#2BC8D2
HEX#2BC8D2
RGBrgb(43, 200, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.7843, 0.8235
RGB percentages16.9%, 78.4%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(183.6, 66%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.6, 79.5%, 82.4%)
CMYK79.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,869,458
CSS custom property--colour: #2BC8D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.3:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#D4372D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B8BFD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37 from the original
Deuteranopia#A2AED3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.8Light seagreen · ΔE 13Turquoise · ΔE 17Sky blue · ΔE 21.4Cadetblue · ΔE 21.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.99, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D2352B
Analogous#2BD288, #2B75D2
Triadic#D22BC8, #C8D22B
Split complementary#D22B75, #D2882B
Tetradic#882BD2, #D2352B, #75D22B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F4F6
Lighter +30%#A9E9ED
Lighter +20%#7EDFE5
Lighter +10%#54D4DC
Darker −10%#22A0A8
Darker −20%#1A777D
Darker −30%#114F53
Darker −40%#082729
More saturated +25%#0BE4F2
Less saturated −25%#4BACB2

Channel breakdown

R43
G200
B210
Red43 (16.9%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue183.59°
Saturation (HSL)66.01%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2B · G C8 · B D2

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