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Recognised as Colour

#2CE2DE

  • #2CE2DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#2CE2DE is a cyan with RGB values 44, 226, 222 and HSL 179°, 76%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#2CE2DE#2CE2DE
HEX#2CE2DE
RGBrgb(44, 226, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.8863, 0.8706
RGB percentages17.3%, 88.6%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(178.7, 75.8%, 52.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 80.5%, 88.6%)
CMYK80.5%, 0%, 1.8%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,941,662
CSS custom property--colour: #2CE2DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.60202WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness190.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.04:1
Contrast with white1.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BBBBBB
Inverted#D31D21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D3D6DEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#BBC4DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E9E0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.61:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 6.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 8Aqua · ΔE 11Cyan · ΔE 11Light seagreen · ΔE 17.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 6.57, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E22C30
Analogous#2CE283, #2C8BE2
Triadic#DE2CE2, #E2DE2C
Split complementary#E22C8B, #E2832C
Tetradic#832CE2, #E22C30, #8BE22C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFFBFA
Lighter +30%#B3F4F3
Lighter +20%#86EEEC
Lighter +10%#59E8E5
Darker −10%#1AC1BD
Darker −20%#149491
Darker −30%#0E6765
Darker −40%#083A39
More saturated +25%#0FFFFA
Less saturated −25%#4AC4C1

Channel breakdown

R44
G226
B222
Red44 (17.3%)
Green226 (88.6%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue178.68°
Saturation (HSL)75.83%
Lightness52.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G E2 · B DE

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