Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#2ED9A3

  • #2ED9A3
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Medium seagreen

#2ED9A3 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 217, 163 and HSL 161°, 69%, 52%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Medium seagreen.

Colour values

#2ED9A3#2ED9A3
HEX#2ED9A3
RGBrgb(46, 217, 163)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.851, 0.6392
RGB percentages18%, 85.1%, 63.9%
HSLhsl(161.1, 69.2%, 51.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(161.1, 78.8%, 85.1%)
CMYK78.8%, 0%, 24.9%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,070,371
CSS custom property--colour: #2ED9A3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52851WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.57:1
Contrast with white1.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B1B1B1
Inverted#D1265C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4C9A0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 52.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#BFBAA7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 53.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00DACAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.8 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 text11.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Medium seagreen · ΔE 16.9Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.5Aquamarine · ΔE 17.6Turquoise · ΔE 21.8Light green · ΔE 25.1Medium spring green · ΔE 25.8
Nearest named CSS colourMedium seagreen (#3CB371)ΔE 16.88, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D92E64
Analogous#2ED94E, #2EB9D9
Triadic#A32ED9, #D9A32E
Split complementary#D92EB9, #D94E2E
Tetradic#4E2ED9, #D92E64, #B9D92E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DBF8EF
Lighter +30%#AFF1DC
Lighter +20%#84E9C9
Lighter +10%#59E1B6
Darker −10%#21B385
Darker −20%#198865
Darker −30%#115D45
Darker −40%#093225
More saturated +25%#0FF8AE
Less saturated −25%#4DBA98

Channel breakdown

R46
G217
B163
Red46 (18%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue163 (63.9%)
Hue161.05°
Saturation (HSL)69.23%
Lightness51.57%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G D9 · B A3

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “2ed9a3” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.