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#2AABA6

#2aaba6 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2aaba6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 67.06% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 75.44% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.92% yellow and 32.94% black. Its hue angle is 177.67°, with 60.56% saturation and 41.76% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.47:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.28.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3237

Complementary

  1. #2aaba6
  2. #ab2a2f

Split complementary

  1. #2aaba6
  2. #ab2a6f
  3. #ab652a

Analogous

  1. #2aab65
  2. #2aaba6
  3. #2a6fab

Triadic

  1. #2aaba6
  2. #a62aab
  3. #aba62a

Tetradic

  1. #2aaba6
  2. #2a2fab
  3. #ab2a2f
  4. #aba62a

Square

  1. #2aaba6
  2. #652aab
  3. #ab2a2f
  4. #6fab2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0c302f
  2. #1b6e6a
  3. #2aaba6
  4. #4ed4ce
  5. #8be3df

Shades

#2aaba6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aaba6
  2. #269a95
  3. #228985
  4. #1d7874
  5. #196764
  6. #155653
  7. #114442
  8. #0d3332
  9. #082221
  10. #041111
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aaba6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aaba6
  2. #3fb3af
  3. #55bcb8
  4. #6ac4c1
  5. #7fcdca
  6. #95d5d3
  7. #aadddb
  8. #bfe6e4
  9. #d4eeed
  10. #eaf7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aaba6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aaba6
  2. #33a7a2
  3. #3ba29e
  4. #449e9b
  5. #4c9a97
  6. #559693
  7. #5e918f
  8. #668d8b
  9. #6f8988
  10. #778484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.47:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da19f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a1a2a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e95a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b0a9 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #82a6a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #739ea7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aea8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aaba6 {
  color: #2aaba6;
}
Background
.bg-2aaba6 {
  background-color: #2aaba6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aaba6 {
  border: 2px solid #2aaba6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aaba6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 171 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 61% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aaba6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aaba6, #2a6fab);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aaba6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 171 166 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.28 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.79 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.26 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.66 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.47 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.11 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.85 #d55459 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#2aaba6  rgb(42, 171, 166)  hsl(178, 61%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#ab2a2f  rgb(171, 42, 47)  hsl(358, 61%, 42%)  Brown
#a62aab  rgb(166, 42, 171)  hsl(298, 61%, 42%)  Purpureus
#aba62a  rgb(171, 166, 42)  hsl(58, 61%, 42%)  Brass