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Recognised as Colour

#02AEAD

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

#02AEAD is a cyan with RGB values 2, 174, 173 and HSL 180°, 98%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#02AEAD#02AEAD
HEX#02AEAD
RGBrgb(2, 174, 173)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6824, 0.6784
RGB percentages0.8%, 68.2%, 67.8%
HSLhsl(179.7, 97.7%, 34.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(179.7, 98.9%, 68.2%)
CMYK98.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 31.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer175,789
CSS custom property--colour: #02AEAD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness145.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.66:1
Contrast with white2.74:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.66:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#898989
Inverted#FD5152

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A2A5ADno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 37.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#8E96AEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 38.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00B4ADno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.74:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 4.2Dark turquoise · ΔE 12Medium turquoise · ΔE 12.6Dark cyan · ΔE 13.5Cadetblue · ΔE 17.2Teal · ΔE 17.9
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 4.17, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AE0203
Analogous#02AE57, #0259AE
Triadic#AD02AE, #AEAD02
Split complementary#AE0259, #AE5702
Tetradic#5702AE, #AE0203, #59AE02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#7EFEFD
Lighter +30%#4CFDFC
Lighter +20%#1AFCFB
Lighter +10%#03E0DF
Darker −10%#017C7B
Darker −20%#014949
Darker −30%#001717
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B0AF
Less saturated −25%#189897

Channel breakdown

R2
G174
B173
Red2 (0.8%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue173 (67.8%)
Hue179.65°
Saturation (HSL)97.73%
Lightness34.51%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G AE · B AD

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