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Recognised as Colour

#02A0EC

  • #02A0EC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#02A0EC is a cyan with RGB values 2, 160, 236 and HSL 199°, 98%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#02A0EC#02A0EC
HEX#02A0EC
RGBrgb(2, 160, 236)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6275, 0.9255
RGB percentages0.8%, 62.7%, 92.5%
HSLhsl(199.5, 98.3%, 46.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.5, 99.2%, 92.5%)
CMYK99.2%, 32.2%, 0%, 7.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer172,268
CSS custom property--colour: #02A0EC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.31211WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.24:1
Contrast with white2.9:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.24:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#FD5F13

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7BA2EFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#5E8FEBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 42.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.9:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.24:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.1Cornflower blue · ΔE 17Steel blue · ΔE 18.9Dodgerblue · ΔE 23.7Light skyblue · ΔE 25.9Sky blue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 15.05, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EC4E02
Analogous#02ECC3, #022BEC
Triadic#EC02A0, #A0EC02
Split complementary#EC022B, #ECC302
Tetradic#C302EC, #EC4E02, #2BEC02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BCE9FE
Lighter +30%#89D8FE
Lighter +20%#56C7FE
Lighter +10%#24B7FD
Darker −10%#027EB9
Darker −20%#015B87
Darker −30%#013954
Darker −40%#001722
More saturated +25%#00A1EE
Less saturated −25%#2096CE

Channel breakdown

R2
G160
B236
Red2 (0.8%)
Green160 (62.7%)
Blue236 (92.5%)
Hue199.49°
Saturation (HSL)98.32%
Lightness46.67%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G A0 · B EC

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