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Recognised as Colour

#02B4ED

  • #02B4ED
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#02B4ED is a cyan with RGB values 2, 180, 237 and HSL 195°, 98%, 47%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#02B4ED#02B4ED
HEX#02B4ED
RGBrgb(2, 180, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7059, 0.9294
RGB percentages0.8%, 70.6%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(194.6, 98.3%, 46.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.6, 99.2%, 92.9%)
CMYK99.2%, 24.1%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer177,389
CSS custom property--colour: #02B4ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3877WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness159.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.75:1
Contrast with white2.4:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#929292
Inverted#FD4B12

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#96B2F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7C9FECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4C7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.4:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 5.3Light skyblue · ΔE 16.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.9Steel blue · ΔE 22.4Cornflower blue · ΔE 30.1Light steelblue · ΔE 30.7
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.34, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED3B02
Analogous#02EDB0, #023FED
Triadic#ED02B4, #B4ED02
Split complementary#ED023F, #EDB002
Tetradic#B002ED, #ED3B02, #3FED02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#BDEEFE
Lighter +30%#8AE2FE
Lighter +20%#57D5FE
Lighter +10%#25C9FD
Darker −10%#028EBA
Darker −20%#016788
Darker −30%#014155
Darker −40%#001A23
More saturated +25%#00B5EF
Less saturated −25%#20A5CF

Channel breakdown

R2
G180
B237
Red2 (0.8%)
Green180 (70.6%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue194.55°
Saturation (HSL)98.33%
Lightness46.86%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G B4 · B ED

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