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Recognised as Colour

#2EC3DD

  • #2EC3DD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2EC3DD is a cyan with RGB values 46, 195, 221 and HSL 189°, 72%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#2EC3DD#2EC3DD
HEX#2EC3DD
RGBrgb(46, 195, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.7647, 0.8667
RGB percentages18%, 76.5%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(188.9, 72%, 52.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.9, 79.2%, 86.7%)
CMYK79.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,064,797
CSS custom property--colour: #2EC3DD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44832WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#D13C22

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFBCDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#98ABDDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDCBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 18 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.4Sky blue · ΔE 15.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.1Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9Light seagreen · ΔE 20.7Deep skyblue · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 15.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD482E
Analogous#2EDDA0, #2E6CDD
Triadic#DD2EC3, #C3DD2E
Split complementary#DD2E6C, #DDA02E
Tetradic#A02EDD, #DD482E, #6CDD2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DDF5FA
Lighter +30%#B2E9F2
Lighter +20%#86DCEB
Lighter +10%#5AD0E4
Darker −10%#1EA3BA
Darker −20%#177C8E
Darker −30%#105662
Darker −40%#092F36
More saturated +25%#10D8FB
Less saturated −25%#4CAEBF

Channel breakdown

R46
G195
B221
Red46 (18%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue188.91°
Saturation (HSL)72.02%
Lightness52.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G C3 · B DD

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