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Recognised as Colour

#0299C8

  • #0299C8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#0299C8 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 153, 200 and HSL 194°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.4:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#0299C8#0299C8
HEX#0299C8
RGBrgb(2, 153, 200)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6, 0.7843
RGB percentages0.8%, 60%, 78.4%
HSLhsl(194.2, 98%, 39.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.2, 99%, 78.4%)
CMYK99%, 23.5%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer170,440
CSS custom property--colour: #0299C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26966WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness135.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.39:1
Contrast with white3.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.39:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7C7C7C
Inverted#FD6637

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8097CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A87C7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A6A9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 27.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.28:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.39:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 14.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 16.3Light skyblue · ΔE 22.2Sky blue · ΔE 23.8Cadetblue · ΔE 26.4Light slate grey · ΔE 26.9
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 14.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C83102
Analogous#02C894, #0236C8
Triadic#C80299, #99C802
Split complementary#C80236, #C89402
Tetradic#9402C8, #C83102, #36C802

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#98E6FE
Lighter +30%#66D9FD
Lighter +20%#33CDFD
Lighter +10%#03C0FA
Darker −10%#017296
Darker −20%#014C63
Darker −30%#002531
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#009ACA
Less saturated −25%#1B8CAF

Channel breakdown

R2
G153
B200
Red2 (0.8%)
Green153 (60%)
Blue200 (78.4%)
Hue194.24°
Saturation (HSL)98.02%
Lightness39.61%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 99 · B C8

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