Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#2E966C

  • #2E966C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2E966C is a cyan with RGB values 46, 150, 108 and HSL 156°, 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

#2E966C#2E966C
HEX#2E966C
RGBrgb(46, 150, 108)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5882, 0.4235
RGB percentages18%, 58.8%, 42.4%
HSLhsl(155.8, 53.1%, 38.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(155.8, 69.3%, 58.8%)
CMYK69.3%, 0%, 28%, 41.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,053,164
CSS custom property--colour: #2E966C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23476WCAG 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 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#D16993

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948B6Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#86816Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00968Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.69:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 7.5Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 20.9Light seagreen · ΔE 22.6Dark seagreen · ΔE 23.4Dark cyan · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 7.49, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#962E58
Analogous#2E9638, #2E8C96
Triadic#6C2E96, #966C2E
Split complementary#962E8C, #96382E
Tetradic#382E96, #962E58, #8C962E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE5CE
Lighter +30%#84D9B7
Lighter +20%#5DCDA0
Lighter +10%#3ABD88
Darker −10%#226F50
Darker −20%#164834
Darker −30%#0A2118
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#16AF71
Less saturated −25%#477E67

Channel breakdown

R46
G150
B108
Red46 (18%)
Green150 (58.8%)
Blue108 (42.4%)
Hue155.77°
Saturation (HSL)53.06%
Lightness38.43%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 96 · B 6C

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “2e966c” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.