Colour

#2CAEA9

#2CAEA9
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CAEA9 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 174, 169 and HSL 178°, 60%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CAEA9#2CAEA9

HEX#2CAEA9

RGBrgb(44, 174, 169)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6824, 0.6627

RGB percentages17.3%, 68.2%, 66.3%

HSLhsl(177.7, 59.6%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(177.7, 74.7%, 68.2%)

CMYK74.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,928,297

CSS custom property--colour: #2CAEA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33672WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness147 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.73:1

Contrast with white2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.73:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#929292

Inverted#D35156

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A3A5A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#9197AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original

Tritanopia#00B3ACno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.1 Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.5 Dark cyan · ΔE 13.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 15.5 Teal · ΔE 17.5

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.13, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AE2C31

Analogous#2CAE68, #2C72AE

Triadic#A92CAE, #AEA92C

Split complementary#AE2C72, #AE682C

Tetradic#682CAE, #AE2C31, #72AE2C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B9EDEB

Lighter +30%#90E3E0

Lighter +20%#67D9D4

Lighter +10%#3FCEC9

Darker −10%#228581

Darker −20%#175D5A

Darker −30%#0D3432

Darker −40%#030B0B

More saturated +25%#11C9C2

Less saturated −25%#479390

Channel breakdown

R44

G174

B169

Red44 (17.3%)

Green174 (68.2%)

Blue169 (66.3%)

Hue177.69°

Saturation (HSL)59.63%

Lightness42.75%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2C · G AE · B A9

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