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#2CA8A2

#2ca8a2 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#2ca8a2 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 17.25% red, 65.88% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 73.81% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.57% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 177.1°, with 58.49% saturation and 41.57% 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 7.23:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 2.98.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3115

Complementary

  1. #2ca8a2
  2. #a82c32

Split complementary

  1. #2ca8a2
  2. #a82c70
  3. #a8642c

Analogous

  1. #2ca864
  2. #2ca8a2
  3. #2c70a8

Triadic

  1. #2ca8a2
  2. #a22ca8
  3. #a8a22c

Tetradic

  1. #2ca8a2
  2. #2c32a8
  3. #a82c32
  4. #a8a22c

Square

  1. #2ca8a2
  2. #642ca8
  3. #a82c32
  4. #70a82c

Monochromatic

  1. #0c2f2d
  2. #1c6b68
  3. #2ca8a2
  4. #4fd1cb
  5. #8ce1dd

Shades

#2ca8a2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2ca8a2
  2. #289792
  3. #238682
  4. #1f7671
  5. #1a6561
  6. #165451
  7. #124341
  8. #0d3231
  9. #092220
  10. #041110
  11. #000000

Tints

#2ca8a2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2ca8a2
  2. #41b1ab
  3. #56b9b5
  4. #6bc2be
  5. #80cbc7
  6. #96d4d1
  7. #abdcda
  8. #c0e5e3
  9. #d5eeec
  10. #eaf6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2ca8a2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2ca8a2
  2. #34a49f
  3. #3da09b
  4. #459c98
  5. #4e9894
  6. #569491
  7. #5e908e
  8. #678c8a
  9. #6f8887
  10. #788483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.23:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #979797 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9e9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9fa2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8c92a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a3a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #729ba3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aba4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2ca8a2 {
  color: #2ca8a2;
}
Background
.bg-2ca8a2 {
  background-color: #2ca8a2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2ca8a2 {
  border: 2px solid #2ca8a2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2ca8a2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 44 168 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 58% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2ca8a2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ca8a2, #2c70a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2ca8a2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(44 168 162 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 2.98 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.59 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.08 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.17 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.21 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 9.82 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 10.07 #d3575d Inverted #979797 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#2ca8a2  rgb(44, 168, 162)  hsl(177, 58%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a82c32  rgb(168, 44, 50)  hsl(357, 58%, 42%)  Brown
#a22ca8  rgb(162, 44, 168)  hsl(297, 58%, 42%)  Purpureus
#a8a22c  rgb(168, 162, 44)  hsl(57, 58%, 42%)  Brass