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Recognised as Colour

#02BDF5

  • #02BDF5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#02BDF5 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 189, 245 and HSL 194°, 98%, 48%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#02BDF5#02BDF5
HEX#02BDF5
RGBrgb(2, 189, 245)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7412, 0.9608
RGB percentages0.8%, 74.1%, 96.1%
HSLhsl(193.8, 98.4%, 48.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.8, 99.2%, 96.1%)
CMYK99.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 3.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer179,701
CSS custom property--colour: #02BDF5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.43001WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.6:1
Contrast with white2.19:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.6:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#999999
Inverted#FD420A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9FBAF8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#84A7F4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00CDD0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 32.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.19:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.6:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 4.6Light skyblue · ΔE 16Sky blue · ΔE 19.7Steel blue · ΔE 25.7Light steelblue · ΔE 30.8Light blue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 4.63, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F53A02
Analogous#02F5B3, #0244F5
Triadic#F502BD, #BDF502
Split complementary#F50244, #F5B302
Tetradic#B302F5, #F53A02, #44F502

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4F1FF
Lighter +30%#92E5FE
Lighter +20%#5FD9FE
Lighter +10%#2DCDFD
Darker −10%#0296C2
Darker −20%#016F90
Darker −30%#01485D
Darker −40%#00212B
More saturated +25%#00BEF7
Less saturated −25%#21ACD6

Channel breakdown

R2
G189
B245
Red2 (0.8%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue245 (96.1%)
Hue193.83°
Saturation (HSL)98.38%
Lightness48.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G BD · B F5

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