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Recognised as Colour

#02C9BA

  • #02C9BA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#02C9BA is a cyan with RGB values 2, 201, 186 and HSL 175°, 98%, 40%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#02C9BA#02C9BA
HEX#02C9BA
RGBrgb(2, 201, 186)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7882, 0.7294
RGB percentages0.8%, 78.8%, 72.9%
HSLhsl(175.5, 98%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.5, 99%, 78.8%)
CMYK99%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer182,714
CSS custom property--colour: #02C9BA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45331WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness166.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.07:1
Contrast with white2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#FD3645

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BEBDBAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#A8ADBCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46 from the original
Tritanopia#00CEC4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 8.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 10.3Dark turquoise · ΔE 10.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 14.3Aqua · ΔE 20.8
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 8.17, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C90211
Analogous#02C957, #0274C9
Triadic#BA02C9, #C9BA02
Split complementary#C90274, #C95702
Tetradic#5702C9, #C90211, #74C902

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99FEF6
Lighter +30%#67FDF2
Lighter +20%#34FDEE
Lighter +10%#03FBE9
Darker −10%#01978B
Darker −20%#01645D
Darker −30%#00322E
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00CBBC
Less saturated −25%#1BB0A4

Channel breakdown

R2
G201
B186
Red2 (0.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue186 (72.9%)
Hue175.48°
Saturation (HSL)98.03%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G C9 · B BA

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