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Recognised as Colour

#2EA099

  • #2EA099
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2EA099 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 160, 153 and HSL 176°, 55%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2EA099#2EA099
HEX#2EA099
RGBrgb(46, 160, 153)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.6275, 0.6
RGB percentages18%, 62.7%, 60%
HSLhsl(176.3, 55.3%, 40.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.3, 71.2%, 62.7%)
CMYK71.2%, 0%, 4.4%, 37.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,055,769
CSS custom property--colour: #2EA099;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28022WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.6:1
Contrast with white3.18:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.6:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#878787
Inverted#D15F66

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#979799no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#868B9Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A49Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.18:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 7.7Dark cyan · ΔE 8.7Teal · ΔE 12.6Cadetblue · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 18.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 7.73, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A02E35
Analogous#2EA060, #2E6EA0
Triadic#992EA0, #A0992E
Split complementary#A02E6E, #A0602E
Tetradic#602EA0, #A02E35, #6EA02E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B1E9E5
Lighter +30%#8ADDD8
Lighter +20%#62D2CB
Lighter +10%#3AC7BE
Darker −10%#237873
Darker −20%#17514D
Darker −30%#0C2927
Darker −40%#000201
More saturated +25%#14BAB0
Less saturated −25%#488682

Channel breakdown

R46
G160
B153
Red46 (18%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue153 (60%)
Hue176.32°
Saturation (HSL)55.34%
Lightness40.39%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G A0 · B 99

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