Recognised as Colour

#2BF5D6

#2BF5D6
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#2BF5D6 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 245, 214 and HSL 171°, 91%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#2BF5D6

RGBrgb(43, 245, 214)

RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.9608, 0.8392

RGB percentages16.9%, 96.1%, 83.9%

HSLhsl(170.8, 91%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.8, 82.4%, 96.1%)

CMYK82.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,880,982

CSS custom property--colour: #2BF5D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70673WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.13:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.13:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#D40A29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EBE6D5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2D3D9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 54.5 from the original

Tritanopia#00F9ECno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.13:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 12.2 Turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Aqua · ΔE 17.1 Cyan · ΔE 17.1 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 12.24, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F52B4A

Analogous#2BF571, #2BAFF5

Triadic#D62BF5, #F5D62B

Split complementary#F52BAF, #F5712B

Tetradic#712BF5, #F52B4A, #AFF52B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEFEFC

Lighter +30%#BDFCF2

Lighter +20%#8CFAE9

Lighter +10%#5CF7DF

Darker −10%#0BE2C1

Darker −20%#08B298

Darker −30%#06816E

Darker −40%#045044

More saturated +25%#21FFDD

Less saturated −25%#47D9C3

Channel breakdown

R43

G245

B214

Red43 (16.9%)

Green245 (96.1%)

Blue214 (83.9%)

Hue170.79°

Saturation (HSL)90.99%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2B · G F5 · B D6

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