Colour

#02C6C8

#02C6C8
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark turquoise

#02C6C8 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 198, 200 and HSL 181°, 98%, 40%. 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

#02C6C8#02C6C8

HEX#02C6C8

RGBrgb(2, 198, 200)

RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7765, 0.7843

RGB percentages0.8%, 77.6%, 78.4%

HSLhsl(180.6, 98%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.6, 99%, 78.4%)

CMYK99%, 1%, 0%, 21.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer181,960

CSS custom property--colour: #02C6C8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44571WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness166.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.91:1

Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#9C9C9C

Inverted#FD3937

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#B7BCC8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 40.3 from the original

Deuteranopia#A1ABC9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 42.2 from the original

Tritanopia#00CDC6no 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 text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 3 Medium turquoise · ΔE 6.3 Light seagreen · ΔE 9.4 Turquoise · ΔE 13.2 Aqua · ΔE 20.6 Cyan · ΔE 20.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 2.97, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#C80402

Analogous#02C867, #0263C8

Triadic#C802C6, #C6C802

Split complementary#C80263, #C86702

Tetradic#6702C8, #C80402, #63C802

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#98FDFE

Lighter +30%#66FCFD

Lighter +20%#33FBFD

Lighter +10%#03F8FA

Darker −10%#019496

Darker −20%#016263

Darker −30%#003031

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#00C8CA

Less saturated −25%#1BADAF

Channel breakdown

G198

B200

Red2 (0.8%)

Green198 (77.6%)

Blue200 (78.4%)

Hue180.61°

Saturation (HSL)98.02%

Lightness39.61%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 02 · G C6 · B C8

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