Recognised as Colour

#2CF2F4

#2CF2F4
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#2CF2F4 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 242, 244 and HSL 181°, 90%, 56%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#2CF2F4#2CF2F4

HEX#2CF2F4

RGBrgb(44, 242, 244)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.949, 0.9569

RGB percentages17.3%, 94.9%, 95.7%

HSLhsl(180.6, 90.1%, 56.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.6, 82%, 95.7%)

CMYK82%, 0.8%, 0%, 4.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,945,780

CSS custom property--colour: #2CF2F4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.70571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness204.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.11:1

Contrast with white1.39:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C8C8C8

Inverted#D30D0B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E1E6F5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#C6D2F5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00FAF2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.39:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 5.7 Cyan · ΔE 5.7 Turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 12.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6 Light seagreen · ΔE 23.7

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 5.67, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F42E2C

Analogous#2CF492, #2C8EF4

Triadic#F42CF2, #F2F42C

Split complementary#F42C8E, #F4922C

Tetradic#922CF4, #F42E2C, #8EF42C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#EEFEFE

Lighter +30%#BDFBFC

Lighter +20%#8DF8F9

Lighter +10%#5CF5F7

Darker −10%#0CDFE1

Darker −20%#09AFB1

Darker −30%#077F80

Darker −40%#044F50

More saturated +25%#21FDFF

Less saturated −25%#48D7D8

Channel breakdown

R44

G242

B244

Red44 (17.3%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue244 (95.7%)

Hue180.6°

Saturation (HSL)90.09%

Lightness56.47%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2C · G F2 · B F4

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