Recognised as Colour

#2CAB99

#2CAB99
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CAB99 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 171, 153 and HSL 171°, 59%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CAB99#2CAB99

HEX#2CAB99

RGBrgb(44, 171, 153)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6706, 0.6

RGB percentages17.3%, 67.1%, 60%

HSLhsl(171.5, 59.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 74.3%, 67.1%)

CMYK74.3%, 0%, 10.5%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,927,513

CSS custom property--colour: #2CAB99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31961WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.39:1

Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.39:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F

Inverted#D35466

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3A198no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#92949Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00AEA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.4 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.8 Teal · ΔE 19.3

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.36, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AB2C3E

Analogous#2CAB59, #2C7EAB

Triadic#992CAB, #AB992C

Split complementary#AB2C7D, #AB5A2C

Tetradic#5A2CAB, #AB2C3E, #7DAB2C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7ECE5

Lighter +30%#8EE2D6

Lighter +20%#65D8C7

Lighter +10%#3DCDB9

Darker −10%#228275

Darker −20%#175A50

Darker −30%#0D312C

Darker −40%#020908

More saturated +25%#11C6AC

Less saturated −25%#479086

Channel breakdown

R44

G171

B153

Red44 (17.3%)

Green171 (67.1%)

Blue153 (60%)

Hue171.5°

Saturation (HSL)59.07%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2C · G AB · B 99

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