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Recognised as Colour

#2EA57A

  • #2EA57A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sea green

#2EA57A is a cyan with RGB values 46, 165, 122 and HSL 158°, 56%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sea green.

Colour values

#2EA57A#2EA57A
HEX#2EA57A
RGBrgb(46, 165, 122)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.6471, 0.4784
RGB percentages18%, 64.7%, 47.8%
HSLhsl(158.3, 56.4%, 41.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.3, 72.1%, 64.7%)
CMYK72.1%, 0%, 26.1%, 35.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,057,018
CSS custom property--colour: #2EA57A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28896WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.78:1
Contrast with white3.1:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.78:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#D15A85

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A29978no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 41.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#928E7Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00A599no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.1:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sea green · ΔE 12Medium seagreen · ΔE 13.2Medium aquamarine · ΔE 16.4Light seagreen · ΔE 20.8Dark seagreen · ΔE 22.8Dark cyan · ΔE 26.6
Nearest named CSS colourSea green (#2E8B57)ΔE 11.96, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A52E59
Analogous#2EA53F, #2E94A5
Triadic#7A2EA5, #A57A2E
Split complementary#A52E94, #A53F2E
Tetradic#3F2EA5, #A52E59, #94A52E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B5EAD7
Lighter +30%#8DDFC1
Lighter +20%#65D4AC
Lighter +10%#3DC996
Darker −10%#237D5D
Darker −20%#18553F
Darker −30%#0D2D22
Darker −40%#020504
More saturated +25%#14BF81
Less saturated −25%#488B73

Channel breakdown

R46
G165
B122
Red46 (18%)
Green165 (64.7%)
Blue122 (47.8%)
Hue158.32°
Saturation (HSL)56.4%
Lightness41.37%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G A5 · B 7A

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