Recognised as Colour

#2DDDCD

#2DDDCD
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#2DDDCD is a cyan with RGB values 45, 221, 205 and HSL 175°, 72%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#2DDDCD#2DDDCD

HEX#2DDDCD

RGBrgb(45, 221, 205)

RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.8667, 0.8039

RGB percentages17.6%, 86.7%, 80.4%

HSLhsl(174.5, 72.1%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(174.5, 79.6%, 86.7%)

CMYK79.6%, 0%, 7.2%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,005,901

CSS custom property--colour: #2DDDCD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56679WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness184.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.34:1

Contrast with white1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black12.34:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6

Inverted#D22232

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#D1D0CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#BABFCFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00E2D8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text12.34:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 2 Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.7 Aqua · ΔE 15 Cyan · ΔE 15 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 15.2

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 1.99, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#DD2D3D

Analogous#2DDD75, #2D95DD

Triadic#CD2DDD, #DDCD2D

Split complementary#DD2D95, #DD752D

Tetradic#752DDD, #DD2D3D, #95DD2D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#DDF9F7

Lighter +30%#B1F2EC

Lighter +20%#85EBE2

Lighter +10%#59E4D7

Darker −10%#1EB9AB

Darker −20%#178D82

Darker −30%#10615A

Darker −40%#093531

More saturated +25%#0FFCE6

Less saturated −25%#4CBFB4

Channel breakdown

R45

G221

B205

Red45 (17.6%)

Green221 (86.7%)

Blue205 (80.4%)

Hue174.55°

Saturation (HSL)72.13%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2D · G DD · B CD

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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