Recognised as Colour

#2EFFFF

#2EFFFF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#2EFFFF is a cyan with RGB values 46, 255, 255 and HSL 180°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#2EFFFF#2EFFFF

HEX#2EFFFF

RGBrgb(46, 255, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 1, 1

RGB percentages18%, 100%, 100%

HSLhsl(180, 100%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180, 82%, 100%)

CMYK82%, 0%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,080,191

CSS custom property--colour: #2EFFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.79321WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness215 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.86:1

Contrast with white1.25:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.86:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#D3D3D3

Inverted#D10000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#EEF2FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 48.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#D2DEFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 49.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.25:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 1.8 Cyan · ΔE 1.8 Turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 17.3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 17.9 Aquamarine · ΔE 23.5

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 1.8, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF2E2E

Analogous#2EFF97, #2E97FF

Triadic#FF2EFF, #FFFF2E

Split complementary#FF2E97, #FF972E

Tetradic#972EFF, #FF2E2E, #97FF2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FAFFFF

Lighter +30%#C7FFFF

Lighter +20%#94FFFF

Lighter +10%#61FFFF

Darker −10%#00FAFA

Darker −20%#00C7C7

Darker −30%#009494

Darker −40%#006161

More saturated +25%#2EFFFF

Less saturated −25%#48E5E5

Channel breakdown

R46

G255

B255

Red46 (18%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue180°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelGreen and Blue

Hex per channelR 2E · G FF · B FF

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