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#2FAAA6

#2faaa6 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#2faaa6 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 66.67% green and 65.1% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.35% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.35% yellow and 33.33% black. Its hue angle is 178.05°, with 56.68% saturation and 42.55% 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 7.42:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.77.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3211

Complementary

  1. #2faaa6
  2. #aa2f33

Split complementary

  1. #2faaa6
  2. #aa2f70
  3. #aa692f

Analogous

  1. #2faa69
  2. #2faaa6
  3. #2f70aa

Triadic

  1. #2faaa6
  2. #a62faa
  3. #aaa62f

Tetradic

  1. #2faaa6
  2. #2f33aa
  3. #aa2f33
  4. #aaa62f

Square

  1. #2faaa6
  2. #692faa
  3. #aa2f33
  4. #70aa2f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e3231
  2. #1e6e6b
  3. #2faaa6
  4. #55d0cc
  5. #91e1de

Shades

#2faaa6 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2faaa6
  2. #2a9995
  3. #268885
  4. #217774
  5. #1c6664
  6. #185553
  7. #134442
  8. #0e3332
  9. #092221
  10. #051111
  11. #000000

Tints

#2faaa6 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2faaa6
  2. #44b3af
  3. #59bbb8
  4. #6dc4c1
  5. #82ccca
  6. #97d5d3
  7. #acdddb
  8. #c1e6e4
  9. #d5eeed
  10. #eaf7f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2faaa6 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2faaa6
  2. #37a6a2
  3. #3fa29e
  4. #479d9b
  5. #4f9997
  6. #589593
  7. #60918f
  8. #688d8b
  9. #708888
  10. #788484
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.83:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.42:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9a9a9a ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7da09f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #a0a1a6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8e94a7 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00afa8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #81a5a6 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #749da7 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00ada7 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2faaa6 {
  color: #2faaa6;
}
Background
.bg-2faaa6 {
  background-color: #2faaa6;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2faaa6 {
  border: 2px solid #2faaa6;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2faaa6;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 170 166;
  --color-primary-hsl: 178 57% 43%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2faaa6 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2faaa6, #2f70aa);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2faaa6 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 170 166 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.77 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 2.90 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 4.60 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.02 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 6.97 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 9.32 #00ced1 Dark Turquoise ΔE 10.02 #d05559 Inverted #9a9a9a Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#2faaa6  rgb(47, 170, 166)  hsl(178, 57%, 43%)  Light Sea Green
#aa2f33  rgb(170, 47, 51)  hsl(358, 57%, 43%)  Brown
#a62faa  rgb(166, 47, 170)  hsl(298, 57%, 43%)  Purpureus
#aaa62f  rgb(170, 166, 47)  hsl(58, 57%, 43%)  Brass