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Recognised as Colour

#02D5CA

  • #02D5CA
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Turquoise

#02D5CA is a cyan with RGB values 2, 213, 202 and HSL 177°, 98%, 42%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Turquoise.

Colour values

#02D5CA#02D5CA
HEX#02D5CA
RGBrgb(2, 213, 202)
RGB (0–1)0.0078, 0.8353, 0.7922
RGB percentages0.8%, 83.5%, 79.2%
HSLhsl(176.9, 98.1%, 42.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176.9, 99.1%, 83.5%)
CMYK99.1%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer185,802
CSS custom property--colour: #02D5CA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51866WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.37:1
Contrast with white1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#FD2A35

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#C8C9CAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 45.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#B1B7CCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 47.5 from the original
Tritanopia#00DBD1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Turquoise · ΔE 5.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 7.9Dark turquoise · ΔE 8.6Light seagreen · ΔE 13.7Aqua · ΔE 16Cyan · ΔE 16
Nearest named CSS colourTurquoise (#40E0D0)ΔE 5.09, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5020D
Analogous#02D560, #0277D5
Triadic#CA02D5, #D5CA02
Split complementary#D50277, #D56002
Tetradic#6002D5, #D5020D, #77D502

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A5FEF9
Lighter +30%#72FEF6
Lighter +20%#40FDF3
Lighter +10%#0DFDF0
Darker −10%#02A29A
Darker −20%#01706A
Darker −30%#013D3A
Darker −40%#000B0A
More saturated +25%#00D7CC
Less saturated −25%#1DBAB2

Channel breakdown

R2
G213
B202
Red2 (0.8%)
Green213 (83.5%)
Blue202 (79.2%)
Hue176.87°
Saturation (HSL)98.14%
Lightness42.16%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 02 · G D5 · B CA

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