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Recognised as Colour

#2DCBD5

  • #2DCBD5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2DCBD5 is a cyan with RGB values 45, 203, 213 and HSL 184°, 67%, 51%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#2DCBD5#2DCBD5
HEX#2DCBD5
RGBrgb(45, 203, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.7961, 0.8353
RGB percentages17.6%, 79.6%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(183.6, 66.7%, 50.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.6, 78.9%, 83.5%)
CMYK78.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,001,301
CSS custom property--colour: #2DCBD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48074WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.61:1
Contrast with white1.98:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.61:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#D2342A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BBC2D6no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A4B1D6no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3CEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.98:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.61:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.4Light seagreen · ΔE 13.7Turquoise · ΔE 16.4Aqua · ΔE 20.8Cyan · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.59, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5372D
Analogous#2DD58B, #2D77D5
Triadic#D52DCB, #CBD52D
Split complementary#D52D77, #D58B2D
Tetradic#8B2DD5, #D5372D, #77D52D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D7F5F7
Lighter +30%#ADEBEF
Lighter +20%#82E0E6
Lighter +10%#58D6DD
Darker −10%#23A4AC
Darker −20%#1A7C82
Darker −30%#125357
Darker −40%#092B2D
More saturated +25%#0EE7F4
Less saturated −25%#4DAFB5

Channel breakdown

R45
G203
B213
Red45 (17.6%)
Green203 (79.6%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue183.57°
Saturation (HSL)66.67%
Lightness50.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2D · G CB · B D5

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