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Recognised as Colour

#02A8A4

  • #02A8A4
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#02A8A4 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 168, 164 and HSL 179°, 98%, 33%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#02A8A4#02A8A4
HEX#02A8A4
RGBrgb(2, 168, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6588, 0.6431
RGB percentages0.8%, 65.9%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(178.6, 97.6%, 33.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.6, 98.8%, 65.9%)
CMYK98.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer174,244
CSS custom property--colour: #02A8A4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness140.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.14:1
Contrast with white2.94:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.14:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#FD575B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9D9FA4no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8A91A5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.94:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.14:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.2Dark cyan · ΔE 11.6Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.5Medium turquoise · ΔE 14.7Teal · ΔE 15.9Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.2, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A80206
Analogous#02A851, #0259A8
Triadic#A402A8, #A8A402
Split complementary#A80259, #A85102
Tetradic#5102A8, #A80206, #59A802

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#79FDFA
Lighter +30%#46FDF8
Lighter +20%#14FCF7
Lighter +10%#03DAD5
Darker −10%#017673
Darker −20%#014342
Darker −30%#001110
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AAA6
Less saturated −25%#179390

Channel breakdown

R2
G168
B164
Red2 (0.8%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue178.55°
Saturation (HSL)97.65%
Lightness33.33%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G A8 · B A4

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