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Recognised as Colour

#2EDAE2

  • #2EDAE2
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2EDAE2 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 218, 226 and HSL 183°, 76%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#2EDAE2#2EDAE2
HEX#2EDAE2
RGBrgb(46, 218, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.8549, 0.8863
RGB percentages18%, 85.5%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(182.7, 75.6%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.7, 79.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK79.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,070,690
CSS custom property--colour: #2EDAE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.56215WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness185.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 12.24:1
Contrast with white1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black12.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B6B6B6
Inverted#D1251D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C9D0E3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1BEE3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00E2DCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text12.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1Turquoise · ΔE 13.4Aqua · ΔE 15.2Cyan · ΔE 15.2Light seagreen · ΔE 16.9
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.38, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2362E
Analogous#2EE290, #2E80E2
Triadic#E22EDA, #DAE22E
Split complementary#E22E80, #E2902E
Tetradic#902EE2, #E2362E, #80E22E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1FAFB
Lighter +30%#B4F2F5
Lighter +20%#88EAEE
Lighter +10%#5BE2E8
Darker −10%#1BBBC2
Darker −20%#159095
Darker −30%#0F6569
Darker −40%#08393C
More saturated +25%#11F4FF
Less saturated −25%#4CBFC4

Channel breakdown

R46
G218
B226
Red46 (18%)
Green218 (85.5%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue182.67°
Saturation (HSL)75.63%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G DA · B E2

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