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Recognised as Colour

#2E977E

  • #2E977E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2E977E is a cyan with RGB values 46, 151, 126 and HSL 166°, 53%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2E977E#2E977E
HEX#2E977E
RGBrgb(46, 151, 126)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5922, 0.4941
RGB percentages18%, 59.2%, 49.4%
HSLhsl(165.7, 53.3%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.7, 69.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK69.5%, 0%, 16.6%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,053,438
CSS custom property--colour: #2E977E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.84:1
Contrast with white3.59:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.84:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#D16881

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#928D7Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#838380no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.4 from the original
Tritanopia#009990no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.59:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 14.6Dark cyan · ΔE 15.1Sea green · ΔE 16.6Teal · ΔE 16.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.9Cadetblue · ΔE 20.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 14.55, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#972E47
Analogous#2E974A, #2E7B97
Triadic#7E2E97, #977E2E
Split complementary#972E7B, #974A2E
Tetradic#4A2E97, #972E47, #7C972E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE6D8
Lighter +30%#84DAC5
Lighter +20%#5DCEB3
Lighter +10%#3ABE9F
Darker −10%#22705D
Darker −20%#16493D
Darker −30%#0A221C
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#15B08B
Less saturated −25%#477E71

Channel breakdown

R46
G151
B126
Red46 (18%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue126 (49.4%)
Hue165.71°
Saturation (HSL)53.3%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 97 · B 7E

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