Recognised as Colour

#02B296

#02B296
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#02B296 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 178, 150 and HSL 170°, 98%, 35%. 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

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HEX#02B296

RGBrgb(2, 178, 150)

RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.698, 0.5882

RGB percentages0.8%, 69.8%, 58.8%

HSLhsl(170.5, 97.8%, 35.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 98.9%, 69.8%)

CMYK98.9%, 0%, 15.7%, 30.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer176,790

CSS custom property--colour: #02B296;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34056WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness145.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.81:1

Contrast with white2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black7.81:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8B8B8B

Inverted#FD4D69

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#ABA695no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#989898no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original

Tritanopia#00B5AAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text7.81:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 12.3 Medium aquamarine · ΔE 13.3 Turquoise · ΔE 18 Medium turquoise · ΔE 18.4 Dark turquoise · ΔE 20.5 Medium seagreen · ΔE 21

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 12.31, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#B2021E

Analogous#02B23E, #0276B2

Triadic#9602B2, #B29602

Split complementary#B20276, #B23E02

Tetradic#3E02B2, #B2021E, #76B202

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#82FEEA

Lighter +30%#50FDE2

Lighter +20%#1EFCD9

Lighter +10%#03E4C1

Darker −10%#01806C

Darker −20%#014D41

Darker −30%#001B16

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B497

Less saturated −25%#189C87

Channel breakdown

G178

B150

Red2 (0.8%)

Green178 (69.8%)

Blue150 (58.8%)

Hue170.45°

Saturation (HSL)97.78%

Lightness35.29%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 02 · G B2 · B 96

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Colour values

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