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Recognised as Colour

#02A99C

  • #02A99C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light seagreen

#02A99C is a cyan with RGB values 2, 169, 156 and HSL 175°, 98%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#02A99C#02A99C
HEX#02A99C
RGBrgb(2, 169, 156)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6627, 0.6118
RGB percentages0.8%, 66.3%, 61.2%
HSLhsl(175.3, 97.7%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 98.8%, 66.3%)
CMYK98.8%, 0%, 7.7%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer174,492
CSS custom property--colour: #02A99C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.30789WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.16:1
Contrast with white2.93:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#858585
Inverted#FD5663

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A09F9Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#8D919Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00ADA5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.93:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.16:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.7Dark cyan · ΔE 14.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 16.3Medium aquamarine · ΔE 18Teal · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.68, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A9020F
Analogous#02A948, #0262A9
Triadic#9C02A9, #A99C02
Split complementary#A90262, #A94902
Tetradic#4902A9, #A9020F, #62A902

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7AFDF3
Lighter +30%#47FDEF
Lighter +20%#15FCEA
Lighter +10%#03DBCB
Darker −10%#01776D
Darker −20%#01443F
Darker −30%#001210
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00AB9E
Less saturated −25%#17948A

Channel breakdown

R2
G169
B156
Red2 (0.8%)
Green169 (66.3%)
Blue156 (61.2%)
Hue175.33°
Saturation (HSL)97.66%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G A9 · B 9C

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