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Recognised as Colour

#02BDBE

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

#02BDBE is a cyan with RGB values 2, 189, 190 and HSL 180°, 98%, 38%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#02BDBE#02BDBE
HEX#02BDBE
RGBrgb(2, 189, 190)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7412, 0.7451
RGB percentages0.8%, 74.1%, 74.5%
HSLhsl(180.3, 97.9%, 37.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180.3, 98.9%, 74.5%)
CMYK98.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer179,646
CSS custom property--colour: #02BDBE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40126WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness158.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.03:1
Contrast with white2.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.03:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#959595
Inverted#FD4241

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#AFB3BEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 39.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#99A3BFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C4BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.33:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.03:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 6.3Light seagreen · ΔE 6.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 8.1Turquoise · ΔE 15.3Dark cyan · ΔE 19.1Cadetblue · ΔE 20.6
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 6.32, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BE0302
Analogous#02BE61, #025FBE
Triadic#BE02BD, #BDBE02
Split complementary#BE025F, #BE6102
Tetradic#6102BE, #BE0302, #5FBE02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8EFDFE
Lighter +30%#5CFCFD
Lighter +20%#29FCFD
Lighter +10%#03EFF0
Darker −10%#018B8C
Darker −20%#015959
Darker −30%#002627
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00BFC0
Less saturated −25%#1AA5A6

Channel breakdown

R2
G189
B190
Red2 (0.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue190 (74.5%)
Hue180.32°
Saturation (HSL)97.92%
Lightness37.65%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G BD · B BE

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