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Recognised as Colour

#02C4DC

  • #02C4DC
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#02C4DC is a cyan with RGB values 2, 196, 220 and HSL 187°, 98%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#02C4DC#02C4DC
HEX#02C4DC
RGBrgb(2, 196, 220)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7686, 0.8627
RGB percentages0.8%, 76.9%, 86.3%
HSLhsl(186.6, 98.2%, 43.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(186.6, 99.1%, 86.3%)
CMYK99.1%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer181,468
CSS custom property--colour: #02C4DC;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4466WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness167.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.93:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.93:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C
Inverted#FD3B23

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B0BCDDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#98ABDCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 36.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CECBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 16.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.93:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.6Sky blue · ΔE 18.4Light seagreen · ΔE 19.3Light skyblue · ΔE 22.8Cadetblue · ΔE 23.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 13.1, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DC1A02
Analogous#02DC87, #0257DC
Triadic#DC02C4, #C4DC02
Split complementary#DC0257, #DC8702
Tetradic#8702DC, #DC1A02, #57DC02

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACF5FE
Lighter +30%#79EFFE
Lighter +20%#47E9FD
Lighter +10%#14E3FD
Darker −10%#0297A9
Darker −20%#016A77
Darker −30%#013D44
Darker −40%#001012
More saturated +25%#00C6DE
Less saturated −25%#1EAEC0

Channel breakdown

R2
G196
B220
Red2 (0.8%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue220 (86.3%)
Hue186.61°
Saturation (HSL)98.2%
Lightness43.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 02 · G C4 · B DC

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