Recognised as Colour

#2BF9BC

#2BF9BC
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aquamarine

#2BF9BC is a cyan with RGB values 43, 249, 188 and HSL 162°, 94%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aquamarine.

Colour values

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HEX#2BF9BC

RGBrgb(43, 249, 188)

RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.9765, 0.7373

RGB percentages16.9%, 97.6%, 73.7%

HSLhsl(162.2, 94.5%, 57.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.2, 82.7%, 97.6%)

CMYK82.7%, 0%, 24.5%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,881,980

CSS custom property--colour: #2BF9BC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness202.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.38:1

Contrast with white1.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#D40643

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F3E7B9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 58.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#DBD5C0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 60.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00FAE8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.37:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aquamarine · ΔE 17.5 Medium spring green · ΔE 19 Light green · ΔE 25.8 Pale green · ΔE 26.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 27.1 Turquoise · ΔE 27.2

Nearest named CSS colourAquamarine (#7FFFD4)ΔE 17.46, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F92B68

Analogous#2BF955, #2BCFF9

Triadic#BC2BF9, #F9BC2B

Split complementary#F92BCF, #F9552B

Tetradic#552BF9, #F92B68, #CFF92B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F1FFFB

Lighter +30%#C0FDEB

Lighter +20%#8EFCDB

Lighter +10%#5DFACC

Darker −10%#07EAA7

Darker −20%#05B984

Darker −30%#048760

Darker −40%#02563D

More saturated +25%#25FFBE

Less saturated −25%#46DEB1

Channel breakdown

R43

G249

B188

Red43 (16.9%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue188 (73.7%)

Hue162.23°

Saturation (HSL)94.5%

Lightness57.25%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2B · G F9 · B BC

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