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Recognised as Colour

#2C895E

  • #2C895E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2C895E is a cyan with RGB values 44, 137, 94 and HSL 152°, 51%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2C895E#2C895E
HEX#2C895E
RGBrgb(44, 137, 94)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.5373, 0.3686
RGB percentages17.3%, 53.7%, 36.9%
HSLhsl(152.3, 51.4%, 35.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152.3, 67.9%, 53.7%)
CMYK67.9%, 0%, 31.4%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,918,750
CSS custom property--colour: #2C895E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.19235WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness112.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.85:1
Contrast with white4.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#D376A1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#877F5Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7B7661no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00887Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.33:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 5.2Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.9Dark cyan · ΔE 25.4Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.5Teal · ΔE 25.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 25.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 5.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#892C57
Analogous#2C892F, #2C8589
Triadic#5E2C89, #895E2C
Split complementary#892C86, #892F2C
Tetradic#2F2C89, #892C57, #85892C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A0E1C3
Lighter +30%#7AD4AA
Lighter +20%#53C892
Lighter +10%#38B078
Darker −10%#206244
Darker −20%#133C29
Darker −30%#07150F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#15A060
Less saturated −25%#43725C

Channel breakdown

R44
G137
B94
Red44 (17.3%)
Green137 (53.7%)
Blue94 (36.9%)
Hue152.26°
Saturation (HSL)51.38%
Lightness35.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G 89 · B 5E

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