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Recognised as Colour

#2DB8A2

  • #2DB8A2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2DB8A2 is a cyan with RGB values 45, 184, 162 and HSL 171°, 61%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2DB8A2#2DB8A2
HEX#2DB8A2
RGBrgb(45, 184, 162)
RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.7216, 0.6353
RGB percentages17.6%, 72.2%, 63.5%
HSLhsl(170.5, 60.7%, 44.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 75.5%, 72.2%)
CMYK75.5%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,996,386
CSS custom property--colour: #2DB8A2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37448WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.49:1
Contrast with white2.47:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#D2475D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0ADA1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#9E9FA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.47:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 8.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 11.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 13.6Turquoise · ΔE 14.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Dark cyan · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 8.2, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#B82D43
Analogous#2DB85D, #2D88B8
Triadic#A22DB8, #B8A22D
Split complementary#B82D88, #B85C2D
Tetradic#5D2DB8, #B82D43, #89B82D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C1F0E8
Lighter +30%#98E6DA
Lighter +20%#6FDCCB
Lighter +10%#46D2BC
Darker −10%#238F7E
Darker −20%#19665A
Darker −30%#0F3D36
Darker −40%#051412
More saturated +25%#10D5B6
Less saturated −25%#4A9B8E

Channel breakdown

R45
G184
B162
Red45 (17.6%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue162 (63.5%)
Hue170.5°
Saturation (HSL)60.7%
Lightness44.9%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2D · G B8 · B A2

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