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Recognised as Colour

#2CA992

  • #2CA992
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CA992 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 169, 146 and HSL 169°, 59%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CA992#2CA992
HEX#2CA992
RGBrgb(44, 169, 146)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6627, 0.5725
RGB percentages17.3%, 66.3%, 57.3%
HSLhsl(169, 58.7%, 41.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169, 74%, 66.3%)
CMYK74%, 0%, 13.6%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,926,994
CSS custom property--colour: #2CA992;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30987WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.2:1
Contrast with white2.92:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#D3566D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29E91no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#919294no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00ABA2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.92:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.5Dark cyan · ΔE 17.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.3Turquoise · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.28, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A92C43
Analogous#2CA953, #2C81A9
Triadic#922CA9, #A9922C
Split complementary#A92C81, #A9532C
Tetradic#542CA9, #A92C43, #82A92C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5ECE2
Lighter +30%#8DE1D2
Lighter +20%#64D7C2
Lighter +10%#3CCCB2
Darker −10%#21816F
Darker −20%#17584C
Darker −30%#0C3029
Darker −40%#020706
More saturated +25%#11C4A3
Less saturated −25%#478E81

Channel breakdown

R44
G169
B146
Red44 (17.3%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue146 (57.3%)
Hue168.96°
Saturation (HSL)58.69%
Lightness41.76%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G A9 · B 92

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