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Recognised as Colour

#2EC8CE

  • #2EC8CE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2EC8CE is a cyan with RGB values 46, 200, 206 and HSL 182°, 63%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#2EC8CE#2EC8CE
HEX#2EC8CE
RGBrgb(46, 200, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.7843, 0.8078
RGB percentages18%, 78.4%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(182.3, 63.5%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.3, 77.7%, 80.8%)
CMYK77.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,066,062
CSS custom property--colour: #2EC8CE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46346WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.27:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#D13731

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BFCFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3AECFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFC9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.04:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.27:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 4.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.8Light seagreen · ΔE 11.3Turquoise · ΔE 15.1Aqua · ΔE 21.3Cyan · ΔE 21.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 4.55, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE342E
Analogous#2ECE84, #2E78CE
Triadic#CE2EC8, #C8CE2E
Split complementary#CE2E78, #CE842E
Tetradic#842ECE, #CE342E, #78CE2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3F4F5
Lighter +30%#A9E9EC
Lighter +20%#7FDFE3
Lighter +10%#56D4D9
Darker −10%#25A0A4
Darker −20%#1B777B
Darker −30%#124F51
Darker −40%#092627
More saturated +25%#0FE5EE
Less saturated −25%#4EABAF

Channel breakdown

R46
G200
B206
Red46 (18%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue182.25°
Saturation (HSL)63.49%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G C8 · B CE

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