Recognised as Colour

#2DAA9C

#2DAA9C
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#2DAA9C is a cyan with RGB values 45, 170, 156 and HSL 173°, 58%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2DAA9C#2DAA9C

HEX#2DAA9C

RGBrgb(45, 170, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.6667, 0.6118

RGB percentages17.6%, 66.7%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(173.3, 58.1%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.3, 73.5%, 66.7%)

CMYK73.5%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,992,796

CSS custom property--colour: #2DAA9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31708WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness142.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.34:1

Contrast with white2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E

Inverted#D25563

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A2A09Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#90939Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00AEA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.8 Dark cyan · ΔE 14 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.81, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#AA2D3B

Analogous#2DAA5D, #2D7AAA

Triadic#9C2DAA, #AA9C2D

Split complementary#AA2D7A, #AA5D2D

Tetradic#5E2DAA, #AA2D3B, #7AAA2D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#B7ECE6

Lighter +30%#8FE1D8

Lighter +20%#66D7CA

Lighter +10%#3ECCBC

Darker −10%#228277

Darker −20%#185952

Darker −30%#0D312D

Darker −40%#020908

More saturated +25%#12C5B1

Less saturated −25%#488F87

Channel breakdown

R45

G170

B156

Red45 (17.6%)

Green170 (66.7%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue173.28°

Saturation (HSL)58.14%

Lightness42.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2D · G AA · B 9C

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