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Recognised as Colour

#029ED5

  • #029ED5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#029ED5 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 158, 213 and HSL 196°, 98%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#029ED5#029ED5
HEX#029ED5
RGBrgb(2, 158, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6196, 0.8353
RGB percentages0.8%, 62%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(195.6, 98.1%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 99.1%, 83.5%)
CMYK99.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer171,733
CSS custom property--colour: #029ED5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.85:1
Contrast with white3.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.85:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#818181
Inverted#FD612A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#829DD8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21 from the original
Deuteranopia#6A8CD4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADB1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.06:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.85:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.9Steel blue · ΔE 14.7Light skyblue · ΔE 21.2Sky blue · ΔE 24.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.9Light slate grey · ΔE 29.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.87, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D53902
Analogous#02D5A3, #0234D5
Triadic#D5029E, #9ED502
Split complementary#D50235, #D5A302
Tetradic#A302D5, #D53902, #34D502

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5E7FE
Lighter +30%#72D9FE
Lighter +20%#40CCFD
Lighter +10%#0DBEFD
Darker −10%#0279A2
Darker −20%#015370
Darker −30%#012E3D
Darker −40%#00080B
More saturated +25%#009FD7
Less saturated −25%#1D91BA

Channel breakdown

R2
G158
B213
Red2 (0.8%)
Green158 (62%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue195.64°
Saturation (HSL)98.14%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 9E · B D5

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