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Recognised as Colour

#2E9573

  • #2E9573
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2E9573 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 149, 115 and HSL 160°, 53%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2E9573#2E9573
HEX#2E9573
RGBrgb(46, 149, 115)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5843, 0.451
RGB percentages18%, 58.4%, 45.1%
HSLhsl(160.2, 52.8%, 38.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.2, 69.1%, 58.4%)
CMYK69.1%, 0%, 22.8%, 41.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,052,915
CSS custom property--colour: #2E9573;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23314WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness123.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.66:1
Contrast with white3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#D16A8C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928B71no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 36.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#848175no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00968Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.4Light seagreen · ΔE 19Dark cyan · ΔE 20.1Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 20.6Teal · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#952E50
Analogous#2E953F, #2E8495
Triadic#732E95, #95732E
Split complementary#952E84, #953F2E
Tetradic#3F2E95, #952E50, #84952E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AAE5D1
Lighter +30%#83D9BD
Lighter +20%#5CCDA8
Lighter +10%#3ABC91
Darker −10%#226E55
Darker −20%#164737
Darker −30%#0A2019
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#16AD7B
Less saturated −25%#467D6B

Channel breakdown

R46
G149
B115
Red46 (18%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue115 (45.1%)
Hue160.19°
Saturation (HSL)52.82%
Lightness38.24%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 95 · B 73

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