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Recognised as Colour

#2CB489

  • #2CB489
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#2CB489 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 180, 137 and HSL 161°, 61%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#2CB489#2CB489
HEX#2CB489
RGBrgb(44, 180, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.7059, 0.5373
RGB percentages17.3%, 70.6%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(161, 60.7%, 43.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161, 75.6%, 70.6%)
CMYK75.6%, 0%, 23.9%, 29.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,929,801
CSS custom property--colour: #2CB489;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34984WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8:1
Contrast with white2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#D34B76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0A787no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#9F9B8Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B5A8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 12.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13Sea green · ΔE 17.5Light seagreen · ΔE 20Turquoise · ΔE 22.3Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 12.66, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B42C57
Analogous#2CB445, #2C9BB4
Triadic#892CB4, #B4892C
Split complementary#B42C9B, #B4452C
Tetradic#452CB4, #B42C57, #9BB42C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDEFDF
Lighter +30%#94E5CB
Lighter +20%#6BDBB8
Lighter +10%#42D1A4
Darker −10%#228B6A
Darker −20%#18624B
Darker −30%#0E392B
Darker −40%#04100C
More saturated +25%#10D093
Less saturated −25%#48987F

Channel breakdown

R44
G180
B137
Red44 (17.3%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue161.03°
Saturation (HSL)60.71%
Lightness43.92%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G B4 · B 89

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