Recognised as Colour

#2DF9E2

#2DF9E2
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Turquoise

#2DF9E2 is a cyan with RGB values 45, 249, 226 and HSL 173°, 94%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#2DF9E2#2DF9E2

HEX#2DF9E2

RGBrgb(45, 249, 226)

RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.9765, 0.8863

RGB percentages17.6%, 97.6%, 88.6%

HSLhsl(173.2, 94.4%, 57.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(173.2, 81.9%, 97.6%)

CMYK81.9%, 0%, 9.2%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,013,090

CSS custom property--colour: #2DF9E2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.738WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.76:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.76:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#D2061D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EDEAE1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D3D7E4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original

Tritanopia#00FEF2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.2 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.76:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Aqua · ΔE 12.5 Cyan · ΔE 12.5 Aquamarine · ΔE 14 Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.7 Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.1

Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 10.92, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#F92D44

Analogous#2DF97C, #2DAAF9

Triadic#E22DF9, #F9E22D

Split complementary#F92DAA, #F97C2D

Tetradic#7C2DF9, #F92D44, #AAF92D

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F3FFFD

Lighter +30%#C2FDF7

Lighter +20%#90FCF0

Lighter +10%#5FFAE9

Darker −10%#07ECD2

Darker −20%#05BBA6

Darker −30%#04897A

Darker −40%#03574E

More saturated +25%#27FFE7

Less saturated −25%#48DECD

Channel breakdown

R45

G249

B226

Red45 (17.6%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue226 (88.6%)

Hue173.24°

Saturation (HSL)94.44%

Lightness57.65%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2D · G F9 · B E2

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