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Recognised as Colour

#2E9D87

  • #2E9D87
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2E9D87 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 157, 135 and HSL 168°, 55%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2E9D87#2E9D87
HEX#2E9D87
RGBrgb(46, 157, 135)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.6157, 0.5294
RGB percentages18%, 61.6%, 52.9%
HSLhsl(168.1, 54.7%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(168.1, 70.7%, 61.6%)
CMYK70.7%, 0%, 14%, 38.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,054,983
CSS custom property--colour: #2E9D87;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26444WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.29:1
Contrast with white3.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.29:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#D16278

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979386no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#888889no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.5 from the original
Tritanopia#009F96no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.34:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.29:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 11.6Dark cyan · ΔE 14.3Teal · ΔE 16.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3Sea green · ΔE 19.1Cadetblue · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 11.61, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#9D2E44
Analogous#2E9D50, #2E7B9D
Triadic#872E9D, #9D872E
Split complementary#9D2E7B, #9D502E
Tetradic#502E9D, #9D2E44, #7B9D2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#AFE8DC
Lighter +30%#88DCCB
Lighter +20%#60D1BA
Lighter +10%#3AC4A9
Darker −10%#227665
Darker −20%#174E43
Darker −30%#0B2721
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#15B696
Less saturated −25%#478478

Channel breakdown

R46
G157
B135
Red46 (18%)
Green157 (61.6%)
Blue135 (52.9%)
Hue168.11°
Saturation (HSL)54.68%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 9D · B 87

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