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#2AEDEA

#2aedea ≈ Bright Turquoise

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#2aedea is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 16.47% red, 92.94% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 82.28% cyan, 0% magenta, 1.27% yellow and 7.06% black. Its hue angle is 179.08°, with 84.42% saturation and 54.71% 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 call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.4:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Bright Turquoise (#08e8de), ΔE 2.7.

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Web safe#33ffff
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Relative luminance0.67

Complementary

  1. #2aedea
  2. #ed2a2d

Split complementary

  1. #2aedea
  2. #ed2a8f
  3. #ed892a

Analogous

  1. #2aed89
  2. #2aedea
  3. #2a8fed

Triadic

  1. #2aedea
  2. #ea2aed
  3. #edea2a

Tetradic

  1. #2aedea
  2. #2a2ded
  3. #ed2a2d
  4. #edea2a

Square

  1. #2aedea
  2. #892aed
  3. #ed2a2d
  4. #8fed2a

Monochromatic

  1. #0a7473
  2. #10bbb8
  3. #2aedea
  4. #71f3f1
  5. #b7f9f8

Shades

#2aedea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2aedea
  2. #26d5d3
  3. #22bebb
  4. #1da6a4
  5. #198e8c
  6. #157775
  7. #115f5e
  8. #0d4746
  9. #082f2f
  10. #041817
  11. #000000

Tints

#2aedea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2aedea
  2. #3fefec
  3. #55f1ee
  4. #6af2f0
  5. #7ff4f2
  6. #95f6f5
  7. #aaf8f7
  8. #bffaf9
  9. #d4fbfb
  10. #eafdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2aedea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2aedea
  2. #33e2df
  3. #3bd7d5
  4. #44ccca
  5. #4cc1c0
  6. #55b7b5
  7. #5eacaa
  8. #66a1a0
  9. #6f9695
  10. #778b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.4:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d6d6d6 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #acdfde ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dde1ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #c4ceeb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00f4ec ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #b2e6ea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #9ddbeb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00f1eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2aedea {
  color: #2aedea;
}
Background
.bg-2aedea {
  background-color: #2aedea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2aedea {
  border: 2px solid #2aedea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2aedea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 42 237 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 179 84% 55%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2aedea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aedea, #2a8fed);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2aedea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(42 237 234 / 0.35);
}

#08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 2.70 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 3.90 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 3.90 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 5.30 #00ffef Turquoise Blue ΔE 5.42 #7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 6.27 #48d1cc Medium Turquoise ΔE 6.55 #d51215 Inverted #d6d6d6 Grayscale 

Bright Turquoise
#2aedea  rgb(42, 237, 234)  hsl(179, 84%, 55%)  Bright Turquoise
#ed2a2d  rgb(237, 42, 45)  hsl(359, 84%, 55%)  Cinnabar
#ea2aed  rgb(234, 42, 237)  hsl(299, 84%, 55%)  Fuchsia
#edea2a  rgb(237, 234, 42)  hsl(59, 84%, 55%)  Titanium Yellow