Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#2AC4FA

  • #2AC4FA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2AC4FA is a cyan with RGB values 42, 196, 250 and HSL 196°, 95%, 57%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2AC4FA#2AC4FA
HEX#2AC4FA
RGBrgb(42, 196, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.7686, 0.9804
RGB percentages16.5%, 76.9%, 98%
HSLhsl(195.6, 95.4%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.6, 83.2%, 98%)
CMYK83.2%, 21.6%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,802,938
CSS custom property--colour: #2AC4FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46874WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness173.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white2.02:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A7A7A7
Inverted#D53B05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A7C1FDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 26.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DAEF9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3D6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 31.5 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.02:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 6Light skyblue · ΔE 14.1Sky blue · ΔE 17.7Steel blue · ΔE 27.5Light blue · ΔE 29.2Light steelblue · ΔE 29.5
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 5.96, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FA602A
Analogous#2AFAC8, #2A5CFA
Triadic#FA2AC4, #C4FA2A
Split complementary#FA2A5C, #FAC82A
Tetradic#C82AFA, #FA602A, #5CFA2A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FBFF
Lighter +30%#BFEDFE
Lighter +20%#8EE0FC
Lighter +10%#5CD2FB
Darker −10%#06B0EB
Darker −20%#048BBA
Darker −30%#036588
Darker −40%#024056
More saturated +25%#25C6FF
Less saturated −25%#45B7DF

Channel breakdown

R42
G196
B250
Red42 (16.5%)
Green196 (76.9%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue195.58°
Saturation (HSL)95.41%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G C4 · B FA

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “2ac4fa” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.