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Recognised as Colour

#2CB9AB

  • #2CB9AB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CB9AB is a cyan with RGB values 44, 185, 171 and HSL 174°, 62%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CB9AB#2CB9AB
HEX#2CB9AB
RGBrgb(44, 185, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.7255, 0.6706
RGB percentages17.3%, 72.5%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(174, 61.6%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 76.2%, 72.5%)
CMYK76.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,931,115
CSS custom property--colour: #2CB9AB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38174WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.63:1
Contrast with white2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9A9A9A
Inverted#D34654

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFAEABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#9CA0ACno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BDB5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.9Turquoise · ΔE 14Dark cyan · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.15, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B92C3A
Analogous#2CB964, #2C81B9
Triadic#AB2CB9, #B9AB2C
Split complementary#B92C81, #B9642C
Tetradic#642CB9, #B92C3A, #81B92C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1F0EB
Lighter +30%#98E6DF
Lighter +20%#6EDDD2
Lighter +10%#45D3C5
Darker −10%#229085
Darker −20%#18675F
Darker −30%#0F3D39
Darker −40%#051413
More saturated +25%#0FD6C2
Less saturated −25%#499C94

Channel breakdown

R44
G185
B171
Red44 (17.3%)
Green185 (72.5%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue174.04°
Saturation (HSL)61.57%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G B9 · B AB

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