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Recognised as Colour

#2ED9DF

  • #2ED9DF
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2ED9DF is a cyan with RGB values 46, 217, 223 and HSL 182°, 73%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#2ED9DF#2ED9DF
HEX#2ED9DF
RGBrgb(46, 217, 223)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.851, 0.8745
RGB percentages18%, 85.1%, 87.5%
HSLhsl(182, 73.4%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182, 79.4%, 87.5%)
CMYK79.4%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,070,431
CSS custom property--colour: #2ED9DF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.55534WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.11:1
Contrast with white1.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.11:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5
Inverted#D12620

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9CFE0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BDE0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00E1DAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.73:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.11:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 4.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.1Turquoise · ΔE 12.3Aqua · ΔE 15.1Cyan · ΔE 15.1Light seagreen · ΔE 16.1
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 4.52, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DF342E
Analogous#2EDF8C, #2E81DF
Triadic#DF2ED9, #D9DF2E
Split complementary#DF2E81, #DF8C2E
Tetradic#8C2EDF, #DF342E, #81DF2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF9FA
Lighter +30%#B3F1F3
Lighter +20%#86E9ED
Lighter +10%#5AE1E6
Darker −10%#1DB8BD
Darker −20%#168D91
Darker −30%#0F6265
Darker −40%#093738
More saturated +25%#10F5FD
Less saturated −25%#4CBDC1

Channel breakdown

R46
G217
B223
Red46 (18%)
Green217 (85.1%)
Blue223 (87.5%)
Hue182.03°
Saturation (HSL)73.44%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G D9 · B DF

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