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Recognised as Colour

#02A79F

  • #02A79F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#02A79F is a cyan with RGB values 2, 167, 159 and HSL 177°, 98%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#02A79F#02A79F
HEX#02A79F
RGBrgb(2, 167, 159)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6549, 0.6235
RGB percentages0.8%, 65.5%, 62.4%
HSLhsl(177.1, 97.6%, 33.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(177.1, 98.8%, 65.5%)
CMYK98.8%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer173,983
CSS custom property--colour: #02A79F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30154WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness138.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.03:1
Contrast with white2.99:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#FD5860

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9D9Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A8FA0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 39.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00ACA4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.99:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4Dark cyan · ΔE 12.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.6Teal · ΔE 16.2Cadetblue · ΔE 17.8
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.01, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A7020A
Analogous#02A74D, #025CA7
Triadic#9F02A7, #A79F02
Split complementary#A7025C, #A74D02
Tetradic#4D02A7, #A7020A, #5CA702

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#78FDF7
Lighter +30%#45FDF4
Lighter +20%#13FCF1
Lighter +10%#03D9CF
Darker −10%#01756F
Darker −20%#01423F
Darker −30%#00100F
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00A9A1
Less saturated −25%#17928C

Channel breakdown

R2
G167
B159
Red2 (0.8%)
Green167 (65.5%)
Blue159 (62.4%)
Hue177.09°
Saturation (HSL)97.63%
Lightness33.14%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G A7 · B 9F

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