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Recognised as Colour

#2CAF99

  • #2CAF99
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CAF99 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 175, 153 and HSL 170°, 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

#2CAF99#2CAF99
HEX#2CAF99
RGBrgb(44, 175, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6863, 0.6
RGB percentages17.3%, 68.6%, 60%
HSLhsl(169.9, 59.8%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(169.9, 74.9%, 68.6%)
CMYK74.9%, 0%, 12.6%, 31.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,928,537
CSS custom property--colour: #2CAF99;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33495WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.7:1
Contrast with white2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#D35066

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8A498no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#96979Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.8Turquoise · ΔE 18.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.3Dark cyan · ΔE 18.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.06, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AF2C42
Analogous#2CAF58, #2C83AF
Triadic#992CAF, #AF992C
Split complementary#AF2C83, #AF582C
Tetradic#582CAF, #AF2C42, #83AF2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B9EEE5
Lighter +30%#91E3D5
Lighter +20%#68D9C6
Lighter +10%#3FCFB7
Darker −10%#228675
Darker −20%#185D52
Darker −30%#0D352E
Darker −40%#030C0A
More saturated +25%#11CAAB
Less saturated −25%#479487

Channel breakdown

R44
G175
B153
Red44 (17.3%)
Green175 (68.6%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue169.92°
Saturation (HSL)59.82%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G AF · B 99

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