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Colour

#029FDC

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

#029FDC is a cyan with RGB values 2, 159, 220 and HSL 197°, 98%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#029FDC#029FDC
HEX#029FDC
RGBrgb(2, 159, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6235, 0.8627
RGB percentages0.8%, 62.4%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(196.8, 98.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.8, 99.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK99.1%, 27.7%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer171,996
CSS custom property--colour: #029FDC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.29976WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness142.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7:1
Contrast with white3:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#828282
Inverted#FD6023

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#819EDFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#678DDBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00AFB4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.1Steel blue · ΔE 15.2Light skyblue · ΔE 21.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 23.8Sky blue · ΔE 26.1Light slate grey · ΔE 31.8
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.11, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC3F02
Analogous#02DCAC, #0232DC
Triadic#DC029F, #9FDC02
Split complementary#DC0232, #DCAC02
Tetradic#AC02DC, #DC3F02, #32DC02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACE7FE
Lighter +30%#79D9FE
Lighter +20%#47CAFD
Lighter +10%#14BCFD
Darker −10%#027AA9
Darker −20%#015677
Darker −30%#013144
Darker −40%#000D12
More saturated +25%#00A0DE
Less saturated −25%#1E93C0

Channel breakdown

R2
G159
B220
Red2 (0.8%)
Green159 (62.4%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue196.79°
Saturation (HSL)98.2%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G 9F · B DC

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