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Recognised as Colour

#2E9875

  • #2E9875
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2E9875 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 152, 117 and HSL 160°, 54%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2E9875#2E9875
HEX#2E9875
RGBrgb(46, 152, 117)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5961, 0.4588
RGB percentages18%, 59.6%, 45.9%
HSLhsl(160.2, 53.5%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.2, 69.7%, 59.6%)
CMYK69.7%, 0%, 23%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,053,685
CSS custom property--colour: #2E9875;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24322WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7F7F7F
Inverted#D1678A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#948D73no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#868377no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 37.6 from the original
Tritanopia#00998Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.4Light seagreen · ΔE 18.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 19.3Medium seagreen · ΔE 19.5Dark cyan · ΔE 20.9Teal · ΔE 22.3
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#982E51
Analogous#2E9840, #2E8698
Triadic#752E98, #98752E
Split complementary#982E86, #98402E
Tetradic#402E98, #982E51, #86982E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACE6D3
Lighter +30%#85DABE
Lighter +20%#5ECEA9
Lighter +10%#3ABF93
Darker −10%#227157
Darker −20%#164A39
Darker −30%#0A231B
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#15B17D
Less saturated −25%#477F6D

Channel breakdown

R46
G152
B117
Red46 (18%)
Green152 (59.6%)
Blue117 (45.9%)
Hue160.19°
Saturation (HSL)53.54%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 98 · B 75

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