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Recognised as Colour

#2AC2FB

  • #2AC2FB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2AC2FB is a cyan with RGB values 42, 194, 251 and HSL 196°, 96%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2AC2FB#2AC2FB
HEX#2AC2FB
RGBrgb(42, 194, 251)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.7608, 0.9843
RGB percentages16.5%, 76.1%, 98.4%
HSLhsl(196.4, 96.3%, 57.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.4, 83.3%, 98.4%)
CMYK83.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 1.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,802,427
CSS custom property--colour: #2AC2FB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness172.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.21:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A6A6A6
Inverted#D53D04

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4BFFEno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#8AACFAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00D2D5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 4.1Light skyblue · ΔE 14.4Sky blue · ΔE 18.8Steel blue · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 29.8Light blue · ΔE 30.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 4.09, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FB632A
Analogous#2AFBCC, #2A59FB
Triadic#FB2AC2, #C2FB2A
Split complementary#FB2A5A, #FBCC2A
Tetradic#CB2AFB, #FB632A, #59FB2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F2FBFF
Lighter +30%#C0EDFE
Lighter +20%#8EDFFD
Lighter +10%#5CD0FC
Darker −10%#04AEEE
Darker −20%#0489BB
Darker −30%#036589
Darker −40%#024057
More saturated +25%#26C4FF
Less saturated −25%#45B6E0

Channel breakdown

R42
G194
B251
Red42 (16.5%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue251 (98.4%)
Hue196.36°
Saturation (HSL)96.31%
Lightness57.45%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G C2 · B FB

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