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Recognised as Colour

#2CA46C

  • #2CA46C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#2CA46C is a cyan with RGB values 44, 164, 108 and HSL 152°, 58%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#2CA46C#2CA46C
HEX#2CA46C
RGBrgb(44, 164, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6431, 0.4235
RGB percentages17.3%, 64.3%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(152, 57.7%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(152, 73.2%, 64.3%)
CMYK73.2%, 0%, 34.1%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,925,676
CSS custom property--colour: #2CA46C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28169WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.63:1
Contrast with white3.17:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.63:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#D35B93

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A39768no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 43.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#948C70no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00A395no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.17:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 7.2Sea green · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.9Dark seagreen · ΔE 25.3Forest green · ΔE 27.1Light seagreen · ΔE 28.1
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 7.21, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A42C64
Analogous#2CA430, #2CA0A4
Triadic#6C2CA4, #A46C2C
Split complementary#A42CA0, #A4302C
Tetradic#302CA4, #A42C64, #A0A42C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B2EAD0
Lighter +30%#8ADFB7
Lighter +20%#61D59F
Lighter +10%#39CA86
Darker −10%#217C52
Darker −20%#165437
Darker −30%#0C2B1D
Darker −40%#010302
More saturated +25%#12BE6E
Less saturated −25%#468A6A

Channel breakdown

R44
G164
B108
Red44 (17.3%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue152°
Saturation (HSL)57.69%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G A4 · B 6C

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