Recognised as Colour

#2ABEFF

#2ABEFF
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2ABEFF is a cyan with RGB values 42, 190, 255 and HSL 198°, 100%, 58%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2ABEFF#2ABEFF

HEX#2ABEFF

RGBrgb(42, 190, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.7451, 1

RGB percentages16.5%, 74.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(198.3, 100%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(198.3, 83.5%, 100%)

CMYK83.5%, 25.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,801,407

CSS custom property--colour: #2ABEFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44539WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness170.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.91:1

Contrast with white2.12:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black9.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#A3A3A3

Inverted#D54100

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#9EBDFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 22.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#82AAFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00CFD4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text2.12:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text9.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.3 Light skyblue · ΔE 16.3 Sky blue · ΔE 22.2 Steel blue · ΔE 25.3 Cornflower blue · ΔE 27.8 Light steelblue · ΔE 31.2

Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.26, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF6B2A

Analogous#2AFFD5, #2A54FF

Triadic#FF2ABE, #BEFF2A

Split complementary#FF2A54, #FFD52A

Tetradic#D52AFF, #FF6B2A, #54FF2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#F6FCFF

Lighter +30%#C3EDFF

Lighter +20%#90DDFF

Lighter +10%#5DCEFF

Darker −10%#00ABF6

Darker −20%#0087C3

Darker −30%#006490

Darker −40%#00415D

More saturated +25%#2ABEFF

Less saturated −25%#45B4E4

Channel breakdown

R42

G190

B255

Red42 (16.5%)

Green190 (74.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue198.31°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness58.24%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2A · G BE · B FF

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Colour values

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