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Recognised as Colour

#028DCE

  • #028DCE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#028DCE is a cyan with RGB values 2, 141, 206 and HSL 199°, 98%, 41%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#028DCE#028DCE
HEX#028DCE
RGBrgb(2, 141, 206)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.5529, 0.8078
RGB percentages0.8%, 55.3%, 80.8%
HSLhsl(199.1, 98.1%, 40.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 99%, 80.8%)
CMYK99%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer167,374
CSS custom property--colour: #028DCE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23519WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness128.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.7:1
Contrast with white3.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#747474
Inverted#FD7231

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#6D8ED1no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#547ECDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Tritanopia#009DA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.68:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 11.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 19.6Cornflower blue · ΔE 19.7Light skyblue · ΔE 27.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 28Light slate grey · ΔE 31.6
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 11.12, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CE4302
Analogous#02CEA9, #0227CE
Triadic#CE028D, #8DCE02
Split complementary#CE0227, #CEA902
Tetradic#A902CE, #CE4302, #27CE02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9EDFFE
Lighter +30%#6BCFFE
Lighter +20%#39BFFD
Lighter +10%#06AEFD
Darker −10%#026A9B
Darker −20%#014869
Darker −30%#012536
Darker −40%#000304
More saturated +25%#008ED0
Less saturated −25%#1C84B4

Channel breakdown

R2
G141
B206
Red2 (0.8%)
Green141 (55.3%)
Blue206 (80.8%)
Hue199.12°
Saturation (HSL)98.08%
Lightness40.78%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 8D · B CE

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