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Recognised as Colour

#2EC8CF

  • #2EC8CF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2EC8CF is a cyan with RGB values 46, 200, 207 and HSL 183°, 64%, 50%. 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

#2EC8CF#2EC8CF
HEX#2EC8CF
RGBrgb(46, 200, 207)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.7843, 0.8118
RGB percentages18%, 78.4%, 81.2%
HSLhsl(182.6, 63.6%, 49.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 77.8%, 81.2%)
CMYK77.8%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,066,063
CSS custom property--colour: #2EC8CF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46394WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.28:1
Contrast with white2.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#D13730

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B9BFD0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#A3AED0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.5 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 text10.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 4.9Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.2Light seagreen · ΔE 11.7Turquoise · ΔE 15.6Aqua · ΔE 21.4Cyan · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 4.91, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CF352E
Analogous#2ECF86, #2E77CF
Triadic#CF2EC8, #C8CF2E
Split complementary#CF2E77, #CF862E
Tetradic#862ECF, #CF352E, #77CF2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4F4F5
Lighter +30%#AAE9EC
Lighter +20%#80DFE3
Lighter +10%#56D4DA
Darker −10%#25A0A5
Darker −20%#1B777C
Darker −30%#124F52
Darker −40%#092728
More saturated +25%#0EE5EF
Less saturated −25%#4EABAF

Channel breakdown

R46
G200
B207
Red46 (18%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue207 (81.2%)
Hue182.61°
Saturation (HSL)63.64%
Lightness49.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G C8 · B CF

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