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Recognised as Colour

#2DD8C0

  • #2DD8C0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#2DD8C0 is a cyan with RGB values 45, 216, 192 and HSL 172°, 69%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#2DD8C0#2DD8C0
HEX#2DD8C0
RGBrgb(45, 216, 192)
RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.8471, 0.7529
RGB percentages17.6%, 84.7%, 75.3%
HSLhsl(171.6, 68.7%, 51.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.6, 79.2%, 84.7%)
CMYK79.2%, 0%, 11.1%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,004,608
CSS custom property--colour: #2DD8C0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53475WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness179.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.7:1
Contrast with white1.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#D2273F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#CECBBFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B8BBC2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCD1no 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 text1.8:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.7Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Light seagreen · ΔE 16.8Aquamarine · ΔE 17.1
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.77, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D82D45
Analogous#2DD86A, #2D9BD8
Triadic#C02DD8, #D8C02D
Split complementary#D82D9B, #D86A2D
Tetradic#6A2DD8, #D82D45, #9BD82D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9F8F4
Lighter +30%#AEF0E7
Lighter +20%#83E8DA
Lighter +10%#58E0CD
Darker −10%#21B19D
Darker −20%#198677
Darker −30%#115B51
Darker −40%#09302B
More saturated +25%#0EF7D6
Less saturated −25%#4CB9AA

Channel breakdown

R45
G216
B192
Red45 (17.6%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue192 (75.3%)
Hue171.58°
Saturation (HSL)68.67%
Lightness51.18%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2D · G D8 · B C0

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