Recognised as Colour

#02B3B0

#02B3B0
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Light seagreen

#02B3B0 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 179, 176 and HSL 179°, 98%, 35%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light seagreen.

Colour values

#02B3B0#02B3B0

HEX#02B3B0

RGBrgb(2, 179, 176)

RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.702, 0.6902

RGB percentages0.8%, 70.2%, 69%

HSLhsl(179, 97.8%, 35.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(179, 98.9%, 70.2%)

CMYK98.9%, 0%, 1.7%, 29.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer177,072

CSS custom property--colour: #02B3B0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35388WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness149.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.08:1

Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black8.08:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D

Inverted#FD4C4F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#A7A9B0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#929AB1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40 from the original

Tritanopia#00B9B2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text8.08:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light seagreen · ΔE 3 Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.4 Medium turquoise · ΔE 10.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 15.6 Turquoise · ΔE 17.3 Cadetblue · ΔE 18.8

Nearest named CSS colourLight seagreen (#20B2AA)ΔE 2.98, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#B30205

Analogous#02B358, #025DB3

Triadic#B002B3, #B3B002

Split complementary#B3025D, #B35802

Tetradic#5802B3, #B30205, #5DB302

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#83FEFC

Lighter +30%#51FDFA

Lighter +20%#1FFCF9

Lighter +10%#03E5E2

Darker −10%#01817E

Darker −20%#014E4D

Darker −30%#001C1B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00B5B2

Less saturated −25%#199C9A

Channel breakdown

G179

B176

Red2 (0.8%)

Green179 (70.2%)

Blue176 (69%)

Hue178.98°

Saturation (HSL)97.79%

Lightness35.49%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 02 · G B3 · B B0

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

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