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Colour

#2CBCA9

  • #2CBCA9
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2CBCA9 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 188, 169 and HSL 172°, 62%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CBCA9#2CBCA9
HEX#2CBCA9
RGBrgb(44, 188, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.7373, 0.6627
RGB percentages17.3%, 73.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(172.1, 62.1%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(172.1, 76.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK76.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,931,881
CSS custom property--colour: #2CBCA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39366WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.87:1
Contrast with white2.37:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.87:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#D34356

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B1A8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0A3ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00C0B6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.37:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.87:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.8Turquoise · ΔE 13Dark turquoise · ΔE 14Dark cyan · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.2, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BC2C3F
Analogous#2CBC61, #2C87BC
Triadic#A92CBC, #BCA92C
Split complementary#BC2C87, #BC612C
Tetradic#612CBC, #BC2C3F, #87BC2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C3F1EB
Lighter +30%#9AE7DD
Lighter +20%#70DECF
Lighter +10%#47D4C1
Darker −10%#229384
Darker −20%#19695F
Darker −30%#0F403A
Darker −40%#051714
More saturated +25%#0FD9BE
Less saturated −25%#499F94

Channel breakdown

R44
G188
B169
Red44 (17.3%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue172.08°
Saturation (HSL)62.07%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G BC · B A9

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