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Recognised as Colour

#2CB198

  • #2CB198
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CB198 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 177, 152 and HSL 169°, 60%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CB198#2CB198
HEX#2CB198
RGBrgb(44, 177, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.6941, 0.5961
RGB percentages17.3%, 69.4%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(168.7, 60.2%, 43.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.7, 75.1%, 69.4%)
CMYK75.1%, 0%, 14.1%, 30.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,929,048
CSS custom property--colour: #2CB198;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34247WCAG 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 7.85:1
Contrast with white2.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.85:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#D34E67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AAA697no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#98999Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.68:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.5Turquoise · ΔE 17.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 19.2Dark cyan · ΔE 20.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B12C45
Analogous#2CB156, #2C88B1
Triadic#982CB1, #B1982C
Split complementary#B12C88, #B1562C
Tetradic#552CB1, #B12C45, #87B12C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBEEE4
Lighter +30%#92E4D5
Lighter +20%#69DAC5
Lighter +10%#40D0B5
Darker −10%#228875
Darker −20%#185F52
Darker −30%#0E362F
Darker −40%#030E0C
More saturated +25%#10CDA9
Less saturated −25%#489587

Channel breakdown

R44
G177
B152
Red44 (17.3%)
Green177 (69.4%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue168.72°
Saturation (HSL)60.18%
Lightness43.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G B1 · B 98

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