Recognised as Colour

#2BD7CA

#2BD7CA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#2BD7CA is a cyan with RGB values 43, 215, 202 and HSL 175°, 68%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

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HEX#2BD7CA

RGBrgb(43, 215, 202)

RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.8431, 0.7922

RGB percentages16.9%, 84.3%, 79.2%

HSLhsl(175.5, 68.3%, 50.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.5, 80%, 84.3%)

CMYK80%, 0%, 6%, 15.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,873,290

CSS custom property--colour: #2BD7CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness179.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.68:1

Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1

Inverted#D42835

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CBCBCAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#B4BACCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00DCD3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.5 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 13.9 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.1 Aqua · ΔE 16.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.51, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#D72B38

Analogous#2BD774, #2B8ED7

Triadic#CA2BD7, #D7CA2B

Split complementary#D72B8E, #D7742B

Tetradic#742BD7, #D72B38, #8ED72B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D7F7F5

Lighter +30%#ACEFEA

Lighter +20%#81E7DF

Lighter +10%#56DFD5

Darker −10%#21AEA3

Darker −20%#19837B

Darker −30%#115853

Darker −40%#092D2B

More saturated +25%#0BF7E5

Less saturated −25%#4AB8AF

Channel breakdown

R43

G215

B202

Red43 (16.9%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue202 (79.2%)

Hue175.47°

Saturation (HSL)68.25%

Lightness50.59%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2B · G D7 · B CA

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