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Recognised as Colour

#2FD4DE

  • #2FD4DE
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#2FD4DE is a cyan with RGB values 47, 212, 222 and HSL 183°, 73%, 53%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#2FD4DE#2FD4DE
HEX#2FD4DE
RGBrgb(47, 212, 222)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.8314, 0.8706
RGB percentages18.4%, 83.1%, 87.1%
HSLhsl(183.4, 72.6%, 52.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(183.4, 78.8%, 87.1%)
CMYK78.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,134,686
CSS custom property--colour: #2FD4DE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.52965WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness180.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.59:1
Contrast with white1.81:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B2B2B2
Inverted#D02B21

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C3CADFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#ACB9DFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCD7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.81:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.59:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.4Turquoise · ΔE 15.1Light seagreen · ΔE 15.9Aqua · ΔE 17.8Cyan · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DE392F
Analogous#2FDE91, #2F7CDE
Triadic#DE2FD4, #D4DE2F
Split complementary#DE2F7C, #DE912F
Tetradic#912FDE, #DE392F, #7CDE2F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DFF8FA
Lighter +30%#B3EFF3
Lighter +20%#87E6EC
Lighter +10%#5BDDE5
Darker −10%#1EB3BC
Darker −20%#178990
Darker −30%#105F64
Darker −40%#093538
More saturated +25%#11EFFC
Less saturated −25%#4DB9C0

Channel breakdown

R47
G212
B222
Red47 (18.4%)
Green212 (83.1%)
Blue222 (87.1%)
Hue183.43°
Saturation (HSL)72.61%
Lightness52.75%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G D4 · B DE

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