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Recognised as Colour

#02BCBE

  • #02BCBE
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#02BCBE is a cyan with RGB values 2, 188, 190 and HSL 181°, 98%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#02BCBE#02BCBE
HEX#02BCBE
RGBrgb(2, 188, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7373, 0.7451
RGB percentages0.8%, 73.7%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(180.6, 97.9%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.6, 98.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK98.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer179,390
CSS custom property--colour: #02BCBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.39697WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.94:1
Contrast with white2.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.94:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#FD4341

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AEB2BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#98A2BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00C3BCno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.94:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.7Light seagreen · ΔE 6.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.6Turquoise · ΔE 15.9Dark cyan · ΔE 18.7Cadetblue · ΔE 20.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.65, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE0402
Analogous#02BE62, #025EBE
Triadic#BE02BC, #BCBE02
Split complementary#BE025E, #BE6202
Tetradic#6202BE, #BE0402, #5EBE02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8EFDFE
Lighter +30%#5CFCFD
Lighter +20%#29FAFD
Lighter +10%#03EEF0
Darker −10%#018A8C
Darker −20%#015859
Darker −30%#002627
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BEC0
Less saturated −25%#1AA5A6

Channel breakdown

R2
G188
B190
Red2 (0.8%)
Green188 (73.7%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue180.64°
Saturation (HSL)97.92%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G BC · B BE

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