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Recognised as Colour

#2CAD99

  • #2CAD99
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CAD99 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 173, 153 and HSL 171°, 59%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CAD99#2CAD99
HEX#2CAD99
RGBrgb(44, 173, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6784, 0.6
RGB percentages17.3%, 67.8%, 60%
HSLhsl(170.7, 59.4%, 42.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.7, 74.6%, 67.8%)
CMYK74.6%, 0%, 11.6%, 32.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,928,025
CSS custom property--colour: #2CAD99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32723WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness144.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.54:1
Contrast with white2.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.54:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#909090
Inverted#D35266

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A5A298no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#94969Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B0A7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.78:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7Dark cyan · ΔE 17.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 18Turquoise · ΔE 18.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.12, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AD2C40
Analogous#2CAD58, #2C81AD
Triadic#992CAD, #AD992C
Split complementary#AD2C81, #AD582C
Tetradic#582CAD, #AD2C40, #81AD2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B8EDE5
Lighter +30%#8FE3D6
Lighter +20%#67D8C7
Lighter +10%#3ECEB8
Darker −10%#228475
Darker −20%#175C51
Darker −30%#0D332D
Darker −40%#030A09
More saturated +25%#11C8AC
Less saturated −25%#479286

Channel breakdown

R44
G173
B153
Red44 (17.3%)
Green173 (67.8%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue170.7°
Saturation (HSL)59.45%
Lightness42.55%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G AD · B 99

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