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Recognised as Colour

#02AEBD

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

#02AEBD is a cyan with RGB values 2, 174, 189 and HSL 185°, 98%, 37%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#02AEBD#02AEBD
HEX#02AEBD
RGBrgb(2, 174, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.6824, 0.7412
RGB percentages0.8%, 68.2%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(184.8, 97.9%, 37.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184.8, 98.9%, 74.1%)
CMYK98.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer175,805
CSS custom property--colour: #02AEBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.33959WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness147.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B
Inverted#FD5142

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9EA6BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 34 from the original
Deuteranopia#8997BDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 35.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B6B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 13.4Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3Dark cyan · ΔE 15.7Cadetblue · ΔE 16.3Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6Teal · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 13.42, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD1102
Analogous#02BD6E, #0251BD
Triadic#BD02AE, #AEBD02
Split complementary#BD0251, #BD6F02
Tetradic#6E02BD, #BD1102, #50BD02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8DF5FE
Lighter +30%#5BF0FD
Lighter +20%#28ECFD
Lighter +10%#03DCEF
Darker −10%#01808B
Darker −20%#015158
Darker −30%#002326
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00B0BF
Less saturated −25%#1A9AA5

Channel breakdown

R2
G174
B189
Red2 (0.8%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue184.81°
Saturation (HSL)97.91%
Lightness37.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G AE · B BD

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