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Recognised as Colour

#2EA27A

  • #2EA27A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2EA27A is a cyan with RGB values 46, 162, 122 and HSL 159°, 56%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2EA27A#2EA27A
HEX#2EA27A
RGBrgb(46, 162, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.6353, 0.4784
RGB percentages18%, 63.5%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(159.3, 55.8%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(159.3, 71.6%, 63.5%)
CMYK71.6%, 0%, 24.7%, 36.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,056,250
CSS custom property--colour: #2EA27A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27827WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness133.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.57:1
Contrast with white3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.57:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#D15D85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9F9678no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8F8B7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00A297no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 11.9Medium seagreen · ΔE 15.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.7Light seagreen · ΔE 19.5Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.6Dark cyan · ΔE 24.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.86, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A22E56
Analogous#2EA240, #2E90A2
Triadic#7A2EA2, #A27A2E
Split complementary#A22E90, #A2402E
Tetradic#402EA2, #A22E56, #90A22E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B3E9D6
Lighter +30%#8BDEC1
Lighter +20%#63D3AC
Lighter +10%#3CC797
Darker −10%#237A5C
Darker −20%#17533E
Darker −30%#0C2B20
Darker −40%#010302
More saturated +25%#14BC82
Less saturated −25%#488872

Channel breakdown

R46
G162
B122
Red46 (18%)
Green162 (63.5%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue159.31°
Saturation (HSL)55.77%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G A2 · B 7A

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