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Recognised as Colour

#2FBFBC

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

#2FBFBC is a cyan with RGB values 47, 191, 188 and HSL 179°, 61%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#2FBFBC#2FBFBC
HEX#2FBFBC
RGBrgb(47, 191, 188)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.749, 0.7373
RGB percentages18.4%, 74.9%, 73.7%
HSLhsl(178.8, 60.5%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.8, 75.4%, 74.9%)
CMYK75.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,129,276
CSS custom property--colour: #2FBFBC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.41497WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness161.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.3:1
Contrast with white2.26:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A0A0A0
Inverted#D04043

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B3B5BCno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38 from the original
Deuteranopia#9EA6BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39 from the original
Tritanopia#00C5BEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.26:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 5.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 7.2Turquoise · ΔE 14Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18.3Dark cyan · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 5.58, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BF2F32
Analogous#2FBF74, #2F7ABF
Triadic#BC2FBF, #BFBC2F
Split complementary#BF2F7A, #BF742F
Tetradic#742FBF, #BF2F32, #7ABF2F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C8F2F1
Lighter +30%#9FE7E6
Lighter +20%#77DDDB
Lighter +10%#4ED3D1
Darker −10%#259694
Darker −20%#1B6D6B
Darker −30%#114443
Darker −40%#071B1B
More saturated +25%#11DDD9
Less saturated −25%#4DA19F

Channel breakdown

R47
G191
B188
Red47 (18.4%)
Green191 (74.9%)
Blue188 (73.7%)
Hue178.75°
Saturation (HSL)60.5%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2F · G BF · B BC

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