Recognised as Colour

#2CD7EA

#2CD7EA
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2CD7EA is a cyan with RGB values 44, 215, 234 and HSL 186°, 82%, 55%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#2CD7EA#2CD7EA

HEX#2CD7EA

RGBrgb(44, 215, 234)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.8431, 0.9176

RGB percentages17.3%, 84.3%, 91.8%

HSLhsl(186, 81.9%, 54.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186, 81.2%, 91.8%)

CMYK81.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,938,858

CSS custom property--colour: #2CD7EA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.02:1

Contrast with white1.75:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.02:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B4B4B4

Inverted#D32815

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#C4CEEBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#ABBCEAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00E1DDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.75:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.02:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.3 Aqua · ΔE 19.4 Cyan · ΔE 19.4 Sky blue · ΔE 19.7 Turquoise · ΔE 19.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 10.15, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#EA3F2C

Analogous#2CEA9E, #2C78EA

Triadic#EA2CD7, #D7EA2C

Split complementary#EA2C78, #EA9E2C

Tetradic#9E2CEA, #EA3F2C, #78EA2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#E6FAFC

Lighter +30%#B7F1F8

Lighter +20%#89E9F3

Lighter +10%#5AE0EF

Darker −10%#15BCCE

Darker −20%#1092A0

Darker −30%#0B6772

Darker −40%#073D43

More saturated +25%#17E8FF

Less saturated −25%#49C0CD

Channel breakdown

R44

G215

B234

Red44 (17.3%)

Green215 (84.3%)

Blue234 (91.8%)

Hue186°

Saturation (HSL)81.9%

Lightness54.51%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2C · G D7 · B EA

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Colour values

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