HEX atlas value

#20B2AA

#20B2AA is a cool cyan HEX color nearest Light Sea Green. RGB 32, 178, 170, HSL 177° 70% 41%, luminance 0.3505; view contrast and conversions.

cyan cool balanced

#20B2AA Sample readable text

HEX #20B2AA

RGB rgb(32, 178, 170)

HSL hsl(177 70% 41%)

CMYK cmyk(82, 0, 4, 30)

Luminance 0.3505

Contrast Black 8.01:1White 2.62:1

CSS

--color-20b2aa: #20B2AA;
.background-20b2aa { background-color: #20B2AA; }
.text-20b2aa { color: #20B2AA; }

HEX meaning and use

About #20B2AA

#20B2AA is classified as a cool cyan value with balanced visual character. #20B2AA is visually closest to Light Sea Green, a named cyan color with HEX #20B2AA.

The RGB channels are 32, 178, and 170, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 177deg with 70% saturation and 41% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.3505, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.01:1AA Pass

White text2.62:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #20B2AA needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.01:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.62:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#4DE0D8#4DE0D8 · #000000 text · best 12.97:1 Robin Egg Blue#00CCCC · #000000 text · best 10.51:1 #08C9BF#08C9BF · #000000 text · best 10.12:1 Verdigris#43B3AE · #000000 text · best 8.3:1 #1FB261#1FB261 · #000000 text · best 7.6:1

Generated Palette

Light Sea Green#20B2AA

#B21F27#B21F27

#1FB261#1FB261

#1F70B2#1F70B2

#4DE0D8#4DE0D8

#126460#126460

Color Harmonies

#B21F27#B21F27

#1FB261#1FB261

#1F70B2#1F70B2

#AA1FB2#AA1FB2

#B2AA1F#B2AA1F

Variants

#4DE0D8#4DE0D8

#126460#126460

#08C9BF#08C9BF

#369B96#369B96

#79D8D3#79D8D3

#00FAED#00FAED

Nearest Named Colors

Light Sea Green#20B2AA

Manganese Blue#03A89E

Verdigris#43B3AE

Persian Green#00A693

Robin Egg Blue#00CCCC

Luminance0.3505

Black text8.01:1AA Pass

White text2.62:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#20B2AA","rgb":[32,178,170],"hsl":[177,70,41],"cmyk":[82,0,4,30],"luminance":0.3505,"contrast":{"black":8.01,"white":2.62}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.01,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.62,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#4DE0D8","hex":"#4DE0D8","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.97,"contrastWhite":1.62,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Robin Egg Blue","hex":"#00CCCC","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.51,"contrastWhite":2,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#08C9BF","hex":"#08C9BF","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.12,"contrastWhite":2.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Verdigris","hex":"#43B3AE","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.3,"contrastWhite":2.53,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#1FB261","hex":"#1FB261","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.6,"contrastWhite":2.76,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool cyan","balanced","balanced cyan","Light Sea Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/20b2aa.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/light-sea-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/manganese-blue.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/verdigris.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#B21F27","analogous":["#1FB261","#1F70B2"],"triadic":["#AA1FB2","#B2AA1F"],"tetradic":["#611FB2","#B21F27","#70B21F"],"splitComplementary":["#B21F70","#B2611F"],"monochromatic":["#4DE0D8","#20B2AA","#126460"]}

Variants

{"light":"#4DE0D8","dark":"#126460","saturated":"#08C9BF","desaturated":"#369B96","pastel":"#79D8D3","neon":"#00FAED"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"light-sea-green","name":"Light Sea Green","hex":"#20B2AA","distance":0},{"slug":"manganese-blue","name":"Manganese Blue","hex":"#03A89E","distance":32.93933818400121},{"slug":"verdigris","name":"Verdigris","hex":"#43B3AE","distance":35.24202037341219},{"slug":"persian-green","name":"Persian Green","hex":"#00A693","distance":41.19465984809196},{"slug":"robin-egg-blue","name":"Robin Egg Blue","hex":"#00CCCC","distance":53.44155686354955}]

#20B2AA

CSS

About #20B2AA

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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