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Recognised as Colour

#2AABD5

  • #2AABD5
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2AABD5 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 171, 213 and HSL 195°, 67%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2AABD5#2AABD5
HEX#2AABD5
RGBrgb(42, 171, 213)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.6706, 0.8353
RGB percentages16.5%, 67.1%, 83.5%
HSLhsl(194.7, 67.1%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.7, 80.3%, 83.5%)
CMYK80.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 16.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,796,501
CSS custom property--colour: #2AABD5;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness151.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.88:1
Contrast with white2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.88:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#939393
Inverted#D5542A

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A7D7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#7E98D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B7B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.88:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 13.9Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.6Steel blue · ΔE 20.2Cadetblue · ΔE 23.8Light steelblue · ΔE 27.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 13.85, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D5542A
Analogous#2AD5A9, #2A56D5
Triadic#D52AAB, #ABD52A
Split complementary#D52A56, #D5A92A
Tetradic#A92AD5, #D5542A, #56D52A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D4EEF7
Lighter +30%#AADDEE
Lighter +20%#7FCDE6
Lighter +10%#55BCDD
Darker −10%#2289AA
Darker −20%#196780
Darker −30%#114455
Darker −40%#08222B
More saturated +25%#0ABBF5
Less saturated −25%#4A9BB5

Channel breakdown

R42
G171
B213
Red42 (16.5%)
Green171 (67.1%)
Blue213 (83.5%)
Hue194.74°
Saturation (HSL)67.06%
Lightness50%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G AB · B D5

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