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Recognised as Colour

#2EBAAD

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

#2EBAAD is a cyan with RGB values 46, 186, 173 and HSL 174°, 60%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2EBAAD#2EBAAD
HEX#2EBAAD
RGBrgb(46, 186, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.7294, 0.6784
RGB percentages18%, 72.9%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(174.4, 60.3%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174.4, 75.3%, 72.9%)
CMYK75.3%, 0%, 7%, 27.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,062,445
CSS custom property--colour: #2EBAAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.38716WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness156.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.74:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9B9B9B
Inverted#D14552

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0AFADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA1AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEB6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.74:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 9.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 11.8Turquoise · ΔE 13.7Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.1Dark cyan · ΔE 19
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 3.93, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BA2E3B
Analogous#2EBA67, #2E81BA
Triadic#AD2EBA, #BAAD2E
Split complementary#BA2E81, #BA672E
Tetradic#672EBA, #BA2E3B, #81BA2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4F0EC
Lighter +30%#9BE6DF
Lighter +20%#72DCD2
Lighter +10%#49D2C5
Darker −10%#249187
Darker −20%#1A6861
Darker −30%#103F3B
Darker −40%#061615
More saturated +25%#11D7C5
Less saturated −25%#4B9D95

Channel breakdown

R46
G186
B173
Red46 (18%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue174.43°
Saturation (HSL)60.34%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G BA · B AD

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