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Recognised as Colour

#2EC2AD

  • #2EC2AD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2EC2AD is a cyan with RGB values 46, 194, 173 and HSL 171°, 62%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2EC2AD#2EC2AD
HEX#2EC2AD
RGBrgb(46, 194, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.7608, 0.6784
RGB percentages18%, 76.1%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(171.5, 61.7%, 47.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171.5, 76.3%, 76.1%)
CMYK76.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 23.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,064,493
CSS custom property--colour: #2EC2AD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.42182WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.44:1
Contrast with white2.23:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.44:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#D13D52

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9B6ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#A6A8AFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 43.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.23:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.44:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4Medium aquamarine · ΔE 10.6Turquoise · ΔE 11.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 11.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.1Aquamarine · ΔE 23.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 9.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C22E43
Analogous#2EC263, #2E8DC2
Triadic#AD2EC2, #C2AD2E
Split complementary#C22E8D, #C2632E
Tetradic#632EC2, #C22E43, #8DC22E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#CAF2ED
Lighter +30%#A0E9DE
Lighter +20%#77DFD0
Lighter +10%#4ED5C2
Darker −10%#249988
Darker −20%#1A7063
Darker −30%#11463F
Darker −40%#071D1A
More saturated +25%#10E0C2
Less saturated −25%#4CA498

Channel breakdown

R46
G194
B173
Red46 (18%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue171.49°
Saturation (HSL)61.67%
Lightness47.06%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G C2 · B AD

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