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#2CAEAA

#2caeaa ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#2caeaa 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 66.67% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 74.71% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.3% yellow and 31.76% black. Its hue angle is 178.15°, 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 7.74:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 1.92.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3371

Complementary

  1. #2caeaa
  2. #ae2c30

Split complementary

  1. #2caeaa
  2. #ae2c71
  3. #ae692c

Analogous

  1. #2cae69
  2. #2caeaa
  3. #2c71ae

Triadic

  1. #2caeaa
  2. #aa2cae
  3. #aeaa2c

Tetradic

  1. #2caeaa
  2. #2c30ae
  3. #ae2c30
  4. #aeaa2c

Square

  1. #2caeaa
  2. #692cae
  3. #ae2c30
  4. #71ae2c

Monochromatic

  1. #0d3433
  2. #1d716e
  3. #2caeaa
  4. #53d4d0
  5. #90e3e0

Shades

#2caeaa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2caeaa
  2. #289d99
  3. #238b88
  4. #1f7a77
  5. #1a6866
  6. #165755
  7. #124644
  8. #0d3433
  9. #092322
  10. #041111
  11. #000000

Tints

#2caeaa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2caeaa
  2. #41b6b3
  3. #56bebb
  4. #6bc6c4
  5. #80cecc
  6. #96d7d5
  7. #abdfdd
  8. #c0e7e6
  9. #d5efee
  10. #eaf7f7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2caeaa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2caeaa
  2. #34a9a6
  3. #3da5a2
  4. #45a09d
  5. #4e9c99
  6. #569795
  7. #5e9291
  8. #678e8d
  9. #6f8988
  10. #788584
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.71:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.74:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9d9d9d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7fa4a2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a3a5aa ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #9197ab ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b3ac ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84a9aa ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #75a1ab ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00b1ab ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2caeaa {
  color: #2caeaa;
}
Background
.bg-2caeaa {
  background-color: #2caeaa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2caeaa {
  border: 2px solid #2caeaa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2caeaa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 174 170;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 60% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2caeaa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2caeaa, #2c71ae);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2caeaa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 174 170 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 1.92 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.01 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 3.44 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.39 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.69 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 8.17 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 8.90 #d35155 Inverted #9d9d9d Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#2caeaa  rgb(44, 174, 170)  hsl(178, 60%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#ae2c30  rgb(174, 44, 48)  hsl(358, 60%, 43%)  Brown
#aa2cae  rgb(170, 44, 174)  hsl(298, 60%, 43%)  Purpureus
#aeaa2c  rgb(174, 170, 44)  hsl(58, 60%, 43%)  Brass