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#2FA8A2

#2fa8a2 ≈ Light Sea Green

  • cyan
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#2fa8a2 is a color from the cyan family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 18.43% red, 65.88% green and 63.53% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 72.02% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.57% yellow and 34.12% black. Its hue angle is 177.02°, with 56.28% saturation and 42.16% 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 7.24:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Sea Green (#20b2aa), ΔE 3.01.

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Web safe#339999
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Relative luminance0.3122

Complementary

  1. #2fa8a2
  2. #a82f35

Split complementary

  1. #2fa8a2
  2. #a82f72
  3. #a8652f

Analogous

  1. #2fa865
  2. #2fa8a2
  3. #2f72a8

Triadic

  1. #2fa8a2
  2. #a22fa8
  3. #a8a22f

Tetradic

  1. #2fa8a2
  2. #2f35a8
  3. #a82f35
  4. #a8a22f

Square

  1. #2fa8a2
  2. #652fa8
  3. #a82f35
  4. #72a82f

Monochromatic

  1. #0e302f
  2. #1e6c68
  3. #2fa8a2
  4. #54cfc9
  5. #90e0dc

Shades

#2fa8a2 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #2fa8a2
  2. #2a9792
  3. #268682
  4. #217671
  5. #1c6561
  6. #185451
  7. #134341
  8. #0e3231
  9. #092220
  10. #051110
  11. #000000

Tints

#2fa8a2 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #2fa8a2
  2. #44b1ab
  3. #59b9b5
  4. #6dc2be
  5. #82cbc7
  6. #97d4d1
  7. #acdcda
  8. #c1e5e3
  9. #d5eeec
  10. #eaf6f6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#2fa8a2 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #2fa8a2
  2. #37a49f
  3. #3fa09b
  4. #479c98
  5. #4f9894
  6. #589491
  7. #60908e
  8. #688c8a
  9. #708887
  10. #788483
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.9:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.24:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #989898 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #7b9e9c ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #9e9fa2 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8d92a3 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00ada6 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #80a3a2 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #739ba3 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00aba4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-2fa8a2 {
  color: #2fa8a2;
}
Background
.bg-2fa8a2 {
  background-color: #2fa8a2;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-2fa8a2 {
  border: 2px solid #2fa8a2;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #2fa8a2;
  --color-primary-rgb: 47 168 162;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 56% 42%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-2fa8a2 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2fa8a2, #2f72a8);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-2fa8a2 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(47 168 162 / 0.35);
}

#20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 3.01 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 3.52 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 5.13 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 5.19 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 7.09 #008b8b Dark Cyan ΔE 9.85 #00cccc Robin Egg Blue ΔE 10.07 #d0575d Inverted #989898 Grayscale 

Light Sea Green
#2fa8a2  rgb(47, 168, 162)  hsl(177, 56%, 42%)  Light Sea Green
#a82f35  rgb(168, 47, 53)  hsl(357, 56%, 42%)  Brown
#a22fa8  rgb(162, 47, 168)  hsl(297, 56%, 42%)  Purpureus
#a8a22f  rgb(168, 162, 47)  hsl(57, 56%, 42%)  Brass