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Recognised as Colour

#2AB8ED

  • #2AB8ED
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2AB8ED is a cyan with RGB values 42, 184, 237 and HSL 196°, 84%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2AB8ED#2AB8ED
HEX#2AB8ED
RGBrgb(42, 184, 237)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.7216, 0.9294
RGB percentages16.5%, 72.2%, 92.9%
HSLhsl(196.3, 84.4%, 54.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.3, 82.3%, 92.9%)
CMYK82.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 7.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,799,853
CSS custom property--colour: #2AB8ED;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.40888WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness163.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.18:1
Contrast with white2.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.18:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9E9E9E
Inverted#D54712

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9CB5F0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#83A4ECno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00C7CAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.29:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.18:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6.5Light skyblue · ΔE 14.7Sky blue · ΔE 18.2Steel blue · ΔE 23.1Light steelblue · ΔE 28.6Light blue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 6.46, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#ED5F2A
Analogous#2AEDC0, #2A57ED
Triadic#ED2AB8, #B8ED2A
Split complementary#ED2A57, #EDC02A
Tetradic#C02AED, #ED5F2A, #57ED2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E6F7FD
Lighter +30%#B7E7F9
Lighter +20%#88D7F5
Lighter +10%#59C8F1
Darker −10%#129ED2
Darker −20%#0E7BA3
Darker −30%#0A5774
Darker −40%#063445
More saturated +25%#18C0FF
Less saturated −25%#47ABD0

Channel breakdown

R42
G184
B237
Red42 (16.5%)
Green184 (72.2%)
Blue237 (92.9%)
Hue196.31°
Saturation (HSL)84.42%
Lightness54.71%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G B8 · B ED

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