Recognised as Colour

#2BE0D0

#2BE0D0
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#2BE0D0 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 224, 208 and HSL 175°, 74%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#2BE0D0#2BE0D0

HEX#2BE0D0

RGBrgb(43, 224, 208)

RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.8784, 0.8157

RGB percentages16.9%, 87.8%, 81.6%

HSLhsl(174.7, 74.5%, 52.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.7, 80.8%, 87.8%)

CMYK80.8%, 0%, 7.1%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,875,600

CSS custom property--colour: #2BE0D0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.58379WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness186.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.68:1

Contrast with white1.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.68:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B8B8B8

Inverted#D41F2F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D4D3D0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#BDC2D2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00E5DBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.68:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.5 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.3 Aqua · ΔE 14.1 Cyan · ΔE 14.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 2.23, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#E02B3B

Analogous#2BE075, #2B96E0

Triadic#D02BE0, #E0D02B

Split complementary#E02B96, #E0752B

Tetradic#752BE0, #E02B3B, #96E02B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDFAF7

Lighter +30%#B0F4EE

Lighter +20%#84EDE4

Lighter +10%#57E7DA

Darker −10%#1CBCAE

Darker −20%#159085

Darker −30%#0F635C

Darker −40%#083733

More saturated +25%#0DFEE9

Less saturated −25%#49C2B7

Channel breakdown

R43

G224

B208

Red43 (16.9%)

Green224 (87.8%)

Blue208 (81.6%)

Hue174.7°

Saturation (HSL)74.49%

Lightness52.35%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2B · G E0 · B D0

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