#2eaaba

Color #2eaaba

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 13.3 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-500 #00b8db · ΔE 6.8

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Conversions

HEX

#2eaaba

RGB

rgb(46, 170, 186)

HSL

hsl(186.9, 60.3%, 45.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(186.9, 75.3%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(75.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(64.06, -27.47, -17.8)

LCH

lch(64.06, 32.73, 212.94)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.1059, 207.87)

HWB

hwb(186.9, 18%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ba3e2e

Analogous

#2eba84

#2eaaba

#2e64ba

Triadic

#2eaaba

#ba2eaa

#aaba2e

Split-complementary

#2eaaba

#ba2e64

#ba842e

Tetradic

#2eaaba

#3e2eba

#ba3e2e

#aaba2e

Square

#2eaaba

#842eba

#ba3e2e

#64ba2e

Shades

Color #2eaaba mixed toward black.

#268e9b

#1f717c

#17555d

#0f393e

#081c1f

Tints

Color #2eaaba mixed toward white.

#45c1d1

#6acdda

#90dae3

#b5e6ed

#daf3f6

Tones

Color #2eaaba mixed toward gray.

#3aa1ae

#4598a3

#518f97

#5d868b

#687d80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.77:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.58:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.58:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#797ab6 · ΔE 28.5

Deuteranopia

#7268b5 · ΔE 32.9

Tritanopia

#3db3b3 · ΔE 6.4

Achromatopsia

#9b9b9b · ΔE 21.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2eaaba;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2eaaba]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2eaaba (#2eaaba) is rgb(46, 170, 186) in RGB.

No, #2eaaba is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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