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#2CAEA8

#2caea8 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2caea8 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 68.24% green and 65.88% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.45% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 177.23°, with 59.63% saturation and 42.75% 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 7.73:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 1.42.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3363

Complementary

  1. #2caea8
  2. #ae2c32

Split complementary

  1. #2caea8
  2. #ae2c73
  3. #ae672c

Analogous

  1. #2cae67
  2. #2caea8
  3. #2c73ae

Triadic

  1. #2caea8
  2. #a82cae
  3. #aea82c

Tetradic

  1. #2caea8
  2. #2c32ae
  3. #ae2c32
  4. #aea82c

Square

  1. #2caea8
  2. #672cae
  3. #ae2c32
  4. #73ae2c

Monochromatic

  1. #0d3432
  2. #1d716d
  3. #2caea8
  4. #53d4ce
  5. #90e3df

Shades

#2caea8 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2caea8
  2. #289d97
  3. #238b86
  4. #1f7a76
  5. #1a6865
  6. #165754
  7. #124643
  8. #0d3432
  9. #092322
  10. #041111
  11. #000000

Tints

#2caea8 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2caea8
  2. #41b6b1
  3. #56beb9
  4. #6bc6c2
  5. #80cecb
  6. #96d7d4
  7. #abdfdc
  8. #c0e7e5
  9. #d5efee
  10. #eaf7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2caea8 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2caea8
  2. #34a9a4
  3. #3da5a0
  4. #45a09c
  5. #4e9c98
  6. #569794
  7. #5e9290
  8. #678e8c
  9. #6f8988
  10. #788584
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.72:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.73:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4a1 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a4a5a8 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9197a9 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84a8a8 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #76a1a9 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1aa ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2caea8 {
  color: #2caea8;
}
Background
.bg-2caea8 {
  background-color: #2caea8;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2caea8 {
  border: 2px solid #2caea8;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2caea8;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 174 168;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 60% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2caea8 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2caea8, #2c73ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2caea8 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 174 168 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 1.42 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.11 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.45 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.71 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 8.02 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.36 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 9.16 #d35157 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#2caea8  rgb(44, 174, 168)  hsl(177, 60%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#ae2c32  rgb(174, 44, 50)  hsl(357, 60%, 43%)  Brown
#a82cae  rgb(168, 44, 174)  hsl(297, 60%, 43%)  Purpureus
#aea82c  rgb(174, 168, 44)  hsl(57, 60%, 43%)  Brass