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Recognised as Colour

#2AAAED

  • #2AAAED
  • Blue
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2AAAED is a blue with RGB values 42, 170, 237 and HSL 201°, 84%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2AAAED#2AAAED
HEX#2AAAED
RGBrgb(42, 170, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6667, 0.9294
RGB percentages16.5%, 66.7%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(200.6, 84.4%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(200.6, 82.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK82.3%, 28.3%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,796,269
CSS custom property--colour: #2AAAED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.35356WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness154.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.07:1
Contrast with white2.6:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.07:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#D55512

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8AAAF0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7099ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BBC1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 38.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.6:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.07:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.5Steel blue · ΔE 18.6Light skyblue · ΔE 19.9Cornflower blue · ΔE 21.5Sky blue · ΔE 25.7Dodgerblue · ΔE 29.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.46, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED6D2A
Analogous#2AEDCF, #2A48ED
Triadic#ED2AAA, #AAED2A
Split complementary#ED2A48, #EDCF2A
Tetradic#CF2AED, #ED6D2A, #48ED2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F5FD
Lighter +30%#B7E2F9
Lighter +20%#88D0F5
Lighter +10%#59BDF1
Darker −10%#1290D2
Darker −20%#0E70A3
Darker −30%#0A5074
Darker −40%#062F45
More saturated +25%#18B0FF
Less saturated −25%#47A1D0

Channel breakdown

R42
G170
B237
Red42 (16.5%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue200.62°
Saturation (HSL)84.42%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G AA · B ED

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