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Recognised as Colour

#2CBEAD

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

#2CBEAD is a cyan with RGB values 44, 190, 173 and HSL 173°, 62%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2CBEAD#2CBEAD
HEX#2CBEAD
RGBrgb(44, 190, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.7451, 0.6784
RGB percentages17.3%, 74.5%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(173, 62.4%, 45.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(173, 76.8%, 74.5%)
CMYK76.8%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,932,397
CSS custom property--colour: #2CBEAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4038WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.08:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#D34152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B5B3ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A1A4AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C2B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 6.7Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.1Turquoise · ΔE 12.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.7Dark cyan · ΔE 21.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 6.69, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE2C3D
Analogous#2CBE64, #2C86BE
Triadic#AD2CBE, #BEAD2C
Split complementary#BE2C86, #BE642C
Tetradic#642CBE, #BE2C3D, #86BE2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C5F1EC
Lighter +30%#9BE8DF
Lighter +20%#72DED2
Lighter +10%#48D5C4
Darker −10%#229587
Darker −20%#196B62
Darker −30%#0F423C
Darker −40%#061816
More saturated +25%#0FDBC3
Less saturated −25%#49A197

Channel breakdown

R44
G190
B173
Red44 (17.3%)
Green190 (74.5%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue173.01°
Saturation (HSL)62.39%
Lightness45.88%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G BE · B AD

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