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Recognised as Colour

#2AB7ED

  • #2AB7ED
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2AB7ED is a cyan with RGB values 42, 183, 237 and HSL 197°, 84%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2AB7ED#2AB7ED
HEX#2AB7ED
RGBrgb(42, 183, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.7176, 0.9294
RGB percentages16.5%, 71.8%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(196.6, 84.4%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.6, 82.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK82.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,799,597
CSS custom property--colour: #2AB7ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40474WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.09:1
Contrast with white2.31:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.09:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9D9D9D
Inverted#D54812

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9BB4F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#82A3ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00C6C9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.31:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.09:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.1Light skyblue · ΔE 14.8Sky blue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 22.7Light steelblue · ΔE 28.7Light blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.13, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED602A
Analogous#2AEDC2, #2A55ED
Triadic#ED2AB7, #B7ED2A
Split complementary#ED2A55, #EDC22A
Tetradic#C22AED, #ED602A, #55ED2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F7FD
Lighter +30%#B7E7F9
Lighter +20%#88D7F5
Lighter +10%#59C7F1
Darker −10%#129DD2
Darker −20%#0E7AA3
Darker −30%#0A5774
Darker −40%#063445
More saturated +25%#18BFFF
Less saturated −25%#47AAD0

Channel breakdown

R42
G183
B237
Red42 (16.5%)
Green183 (71.8%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue196.62°
Saturation (HSL)84.42%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G B7 · B ED

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