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Recognised as Colour

#2FAC8E

  • #2FAC8E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#2FAC8E is a cyan with RGB values 47, 172, 142 and HSL 166°, 57%, 43%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2FAC8E#2FAC8E
HEX#2FAC8E
RGBrgb(47, 172, 142)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.6745, 0.5569
RGB percentages18.4%, 67.5%, 55.7%
HSLhsl(165.6, 57.1%, 42.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(165.6, 72.7%, 67.5%)
CMYK72.7%, 0%, 17.4%, 32.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,124,366
CSS custom property--colour: #2FAC8E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32062WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.41:1
Contrast with white2.83:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.41:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8F8F8F
Inverted#D05371

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A6A18Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#969490no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 41 from the original
Tritanopia#00AEA3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.83:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.41:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.8Medium aquamarine · ΔE 12.8Sea green · ΔE 18.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 19.8Medium seagreen · ΔE 20Turquoise · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.78, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AC2F4D
Analogous#2FAC50, #2F8BAC
Triadic#8E2FAC, #AC8E2F
Split complementary#AC2F8B, #AC502F
Tetradic#502FAC, #AC2F4D, #8BAC2F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BBECE0
Lighter +30%#93E1CE
Lighter +20%#6BD6BD
Lighter +10%#43CBAB
Darker −10%#24846D
Darker −20%#195C4C
Darker −30%#0E342B
Darker −40%#030C0A
More saturated +25%#14C79C
Less saturated −25%#4A9180

Channel breakdown

R47
G172
B142
Red47 (18.4%)
Green172 (67.5%)
Blue142 (55.7%)
Hue165.6°
Saturation (HSL)57.08%
Lightness42.94%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2F · G AC · B 8E

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