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Recognised as Colour

#0295AA

  • #0295AA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#0295AA is a cyan with RGB values 2, 149, 170 and HSL 188°, 98%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#0295AA#0295AA
HEX#0295AA
RGBrgb(2, 149, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.5843, 0.6667
RGB percentages0.8%, 58.4%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(187.5, 97.7%, 33.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(187.5, 98.8%, 66.7%)
CMYK98.8%, 12.4%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer169,386
CSS custom property--colour: #0295AA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.2441WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness127.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.88:1
Contrast with white3.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.88:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#777777
Inverted#FD6A55

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#858FABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#7281AAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30 from the original
Tritanopia#009D9Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.57:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 13.3Cadetblue · ΔE 14.8Teal · ΔE 14.9Light seagreen · ΔE 20.8Steel blue · ΔE 24.6Light slate grey · ΔE 24.8
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 13.29, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA1702
Analogous#02AA6B, #0241AA
Triadic#AA0295, #95AA02
Split complementary#AA0241, #AA6B02
Tetradic#6B02AA, #AA1702, #41AA02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7BEDFD
Lighter +30%#48E6FD
Lighter +20%#16DFFC
Lighter +10%#03C1DC
Darker −10%#016978
Darker −20%#013D45
Darker −30%#001013
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#0096AC
Less saturated −25%#178594

Channel breakdown

R2
G149
B170
Red2 (0.8%)
Green149 (58.4%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue187.5°
Saturation (HSL)97.67%
Lightness33.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 95 · B AA

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