Recognised as Colour

#2DD8CB

#2DD8CB
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#2DD8CB is a cyan with RGB values 45, 216, 203 and HSL 175°, 69%, 51%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#2DD8CB#2DD8CB

HEX#2DD8CB

RGBrgb(45, 216, 203)

RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.8471, 0.7961

RGB percentages17.6%, 84.7%, 79.6%

HSLhsl(175.4, 68.7%, 51.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(175.4, 79.2%, 84.7%)

CMYK79.2%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,004,619

CSS custom property--colour: #2DD8CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53981WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness180.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.8:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.8:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B3B3B3

Inverted#D22734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#CCCCCBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#B5BBCDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 45.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00DDD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.6 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.8:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 3.2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 9.4 Light seagreen · ΔE 14.2 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2 Aqua · ΔE 15.8

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 3.2, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D82D3A

Analogous#2DD875, #2D90D8

Triadic#CB2DD8, #D8CB2D

Split complementary#D82D90, #D8752D

Tetradic#752DD8, #D82D3A, #90D82D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D9F8F6

Lighter +30%#AEF0EB

Lighter +20%#83E8E0

Lighter +10%#58E0D6

Darker −10%#21B1A6

Darker −20%#19867E

Darker −30%#115B55

Darker −40%#09302D

More saturated +25%#0EF7E5

Less saturated −25%#4CB9B1

Channel breakdown

R45

G216

B203

Red45 (17.6%)

Green216 (84.7%)

Blue203 (79.6%)

Hue175.44°

Saturation (HSL)68.67%

Lightness51.18%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2D · G D8 · B CB

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