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Recognised as Colour

#2ED9A0

  • #2ED9A0
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#2ED9A0 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 217, 160 and HSL 160°, 69%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#2ED9A0#2ED9A0
HEX#2ED9A0
RGBrgb(46, 217, 160)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.851, 0.6275
RGB percentages18%, 85.1%, 62.7%
HSLhsl(160, 69.2%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160, 78.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK78.8%, 0%, 26.3%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,070,368
CSS custom property--colour: #2ED9A0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52745WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.55:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.55:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#D1265F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5C99Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 53.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#C0BAA4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D9C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.82:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.55:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.3Aquamarine · ΔE 18.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.7Turquoise · ΔE 23.4Light green · ΔE 24.1Medium spring green · ΔE 24.4
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 16.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D92E67
Analogous#2ED94A, #2EBDD9
Triadic#A02ED9, #D9A02E
Split complementary#D92EBC, #D94A2E
Tetradic#4B2ED9, #D92E67, #BCD92E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBF8EE
Lighter +30%#AFF1DB
Lighter +20%#84E9C7
Lighter +10%#59E1B4
Darker −10%#21B382
Darker −20%#198863
Darker −30%#115D44
Darker −40%#093224
More saturated +25%#0FF8AA
Less saturated −25%#4DBA96

Channel breakdown

R46
G217
B160
Red46 (18%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue160 (62.7%)
Hue160°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G D9 · B A0

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