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Recognised as Colour

#02C9C3

  • #02C9C3
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#02C9C3 is a cyan with RGB values 2, 201, 195 and HSL 178°, 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 Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#02C9C3#02C9C3
HEX#02C9C3
RGBrgb(2, 201, 195)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.7882, 0.7647
RGB percentages0.8%, 78.8%, 76.5%
HSLhsl(178.2, 98%, 39.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(178.2, 99%, 78.8%)
CMYK99%, 0%, 3%, 21.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer182,723
CSS custom property--colour: #02C9C3;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.45726WCAG 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 10.15:1
Contrast with white2.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#FD363C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#BCBEC3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#A5ADC4no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CFC7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.07:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 5.4Medium turquoise · ΔE 5.8Light seagreen · ΔE 9.1Turquoise · ΔE 9.5Medium aquamarine · ΔE 17.6Aqua · ΔE 19.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 5.42, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#C90208
Analogous#02C960, #026BC9
Triadic#C302C9, #C9C302
Split complementary#C9026B, #C96002
Tetradic#6002C9, #C90208, #6BC902

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#99FEFB
Lighter +30%#67FDF9
Lighter +20%#34FDF7
Lighter +10%#03FBF4
Darker −10%#019792
Darker −20%#016461
Darker −30%#003230
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#00CBC5
Less saturated −25%#1BB0AB

Channel breakdown

R2
G201
B195
Red2 (0.8%)
Green201 (78.8%)
Blue195 (76.5%)
Hue178.19°
Saturation (HSL)98.03%
Lightness39.8%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G C9 · B C3

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