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Recognised as Colour

#2CB0B2

  • #2CB0B2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CB0B2 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 176, 178 and HSL 181°, 60%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CB0B2#2CB0B2
HEX#2CB0B2
RGBrgb(44, 176, 178)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6902, 0.698
RGB percentages17.3%, 69%, 69.8%
HSLhsl(180.9, 60.4%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.9, 75.3%, 69.8%)
CMYK75.3%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,928,818
CSS custom property--colour: #2CB0B2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.348WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness149.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#D34F4D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4A7B2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9199B3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6B0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.5Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.4Dark cyan · ΔE 13.8Cadetblue · ΔE 14.6Teal · ΔE 18
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B22E2C
Analogous#2CB271, #2C6DB2
Triadic#B22CB0, #B0B22C
Split complementary#B22C6D, #B2712C
Tetradic#712CB2, #B22E2C, #6DB22C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCEEEE
Lighter +30%#93E3E4
Lighter +20%#6AD8DA
Lighter +10%#41CED0
Darker −10%#228889
Darker −20%#185F60
Darker −30%#0E3737
Darker −40%#040E0E
More saturated +25%#10CBCE
Less saturated −25%#489596

Channel breakdown

R44
G176
B178
Red44 (17.3%)
Green176 (69%)
Blue178 (69.8%)
Hue180.9°
Saturation (HSL)60.36%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G B0 · B B2

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