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Recognised as Colour

#2CE5DD

  • #2CE5DD
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#2CE5DD is a cyan with RGB values 44, 229, 221 and HSL 177°, 78%, 54%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 13.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#2CE5DD#2CE5DD
HEX#2CE5DD
RGBrgb(44, 229, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.898, 0.8667
RGB percentages17.3%, 89.8%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(177.4, 78.1%, 53.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.4, 80.8%, 89.8%)
CMYK80.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 10.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,942,429
CSS custom property--colour: #2CE5DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.61795WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness192.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 13.36:1
Contrast with white1.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black13.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#BDBDBD
Inverted#D31A22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D7D9DDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFC7DEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00EBE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.57:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text13.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 4.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.1Aqua · ΔE 10.5Cyan · ΔE 10.5Light seagreen · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 4.94, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E52C34
Analogous#2CE581, #2C91E5
Triadic#DD2CE5, #E5DD2C
Split complementary#E52C90, #E5812C
Tetradic#812CE5, #E52C34, #90E52C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2FBFA
Lighter +30%#B4F6F3
Lighter +20%#87F0EC
Lighter +10%#59EBE4
Darker −10%#18C6BE
Darker −20%#139892
Darker −30%#0D6B67
Darker −40%#083D3B
More saturated +25%#12FFF5
Less saturated −25%#4AC7C2

Channel breakdown

R44
G229
B221
Red44 (17.3%)
Green229 (89.8%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue177.41°
Saturation (HSL)78.06%
Lightness53.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G E5 · B DD

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