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Recognised as Colour

#2C9A65

  • #2C9A65
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2C9A65 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 154, 101 and HSL 151°, 56%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2C9A65#2C9A65
HEX#2C9A65
RGBrgb(44, 154, 101)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6039, 0.3961
RGB percentages17.3%, 60.4%, 39.6%
HSLhsl(151.1, 55.6%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(151.1, 71.4%, 60.4%)
CMYK71.4%, 0%, 34.4%, 39.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,923,109
CSS custom property--colour: #2C9A65;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24586WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.92:1
Contrast with white3.55:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.92:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#D3659A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#998E62no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8B8468no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00998Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.55:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 6.4Medium seagreen · ΔE 11.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 22.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 24.9Forest green · ΔE 27.3Light seagreen · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 6.37, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9A2C61
Analogous#2C9A2E, #2C989A
Triadic#652C9A, #9A652C
Split complementary#9A2C98, #9A2E2C
Tetradic#2E2C9A, #9A2C61, #989A2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE7CA
Lighter +30%#83DCB1
Lighter +20%#5CD098
Lighter +10%#37C27F
Darker −10%#21724B
Darker −20%#154B31
Darker −30%#0A2317
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#13B366
Less saturated −25%#458164

Channel breakdown

R44
G154
B101
Red44 (17.3%)
Green154 (60.4%)
Blue101 (39.6%)
Hue151.09°
Saturation (HSL)55.56%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G 9A · B 65

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