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Recognised as Colour

#02B5FA

  • #02B5FA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#02B5FA is a cyan with RGB values 2, 181, 250 and HSL 197°, 98%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#02B5FA#02B5FA
HEX#02B5FA
RGBrgb(2, 181, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7098, 0.9804
RGB percentages0.8%, 71%, 98%
HSLhsl(196.7, 98.4%, 49.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.7, 99.2%, 98%)
CMYK99.2%, 27.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer177,658
CSS custom property--colour: #02B5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39963WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness162.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.99:1
Contrast with white2.34:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.99:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#FD4A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#93B4FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22 from the original
Deuteranopia#76A1F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7CDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.34:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.99:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 5.2Light skyblue · ΔE 19.5Steel blue · ΔE 23.3Cornflower blue · ΔE 25Sky blue · ΔE 25.4Dodgerblue · ΔE 32
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.23, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA4702
Analogous#02FAC3, #0239FA
Triadic#FA02B5, #B5FA02
Split complementary#FA0239, #FAC302
Tetradic#C302FA, #FA4702, #39FA02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C9F0FF
Lighter +30%#97E1FE
Lighter +20%#64D3FE
Lighter +10%#32C5FD
Darker −10%#0290C7
Darker −20%#016C95
Darker −30%#014762
Darker −40%#002230
More saturated +25%#00B6FC
Less saturated −25%#21A7DB

Channel breakdown

R2
G181
B250
Red2 (0.8%)
Green181 (71%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue196.69°
Saturation (HSL)98.41%
Lightness49.41%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G B5 · B FA

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