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Recognised as Colour

#2EBDBA

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

#2EBDBA is a cyan with RGB values 46, 189, 186 and HSL 179°, 61%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2EBDBA#2EBDBA
HEX#2EBDBA
RGBrgb(46, 189, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.7412, 0.7294
RGB percentages18%, 74.1%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(178.7, 60.9%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.7, 75.7%, 74.1%)
CMYK75.7%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,063,226
CSS custom property--colour: #2EBDBA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40521WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.1:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.1:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#D14245

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B1B3BAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#9DA4BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.1:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.8Turquoise · ΔE 14.6Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.5Dark cyan · ΔE 18.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.01, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD2E31
Analogous#2EBD72, #2E79BD
Triadic#BA2EBD, #BDBA2E
Split complementary#BD2E79, #BD722E
Tetradic#722EBD, #BD2E31, #79BD2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6F1F0
Lighter +30%#9DE7E6
Lighter +20%#74DDDB
Lighter +10%#4BD3D0
Darker −10%#249492
Darker −20%#1A6B69
Darker −30%#104241
Darker −40%#061919
More saturated +25%#11DAD6
Less saturated −25%#4BA09E

Channel breakdown

R46
G189
B186
Red46 (18%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue178.74°
Saturation (HSL)60.85%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G BD · B BA

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