Recognised as Colour

#2AFBFE

#2AFBFE
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#2AFBFE is a cyan with RGB values 42, 251, 254 and HSL 181°, 99%, 58%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#2AFBFE#2AFBFE

HEX#2AFBFE

RGBrgb(42, 251, 254)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.9843, 0.9961

RGB percentages16.5%, 98.4%, 99.6%

HSLhsl(180.8, 99.1%, 58%)

HSV / HSBhsv(180.8, 83.5%, 99.6%)

CMYK83.5%, 1.2%, 0%, 0.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,817,022

CSS custom property--colour: #2AFBFE;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.76642WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness211.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.33:1

Contrast with white1.29:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CFCFCF

Inverted#D50401

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E9EFFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 46.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#CDDAFFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 48.6 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.29:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 3.2 Cyan · ΔE 3.2 Turquoise · ΔE 14.2 Dark turquoise · ΔE 15.8 Medium turquoise · ΔE 16.8 Aquamarine · ΔE 24.8

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 3.21, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FE2D2A

Analogous#2AFE97, #2A91FE

Triadic#FE2AFB, #FBFE2A

Split complementary#FE2A91, #FE972A

Tetradic#972AFE, #FE2D2A, #91FE2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#F5FFFF

Lighter +30%#C2FEFF

Lighter +20%#90FDFE

Lighter +10%#5DFCFE

Darker −10%#01F0F4

Darker −20%#01BEC1

Darker −30%#018C8E

Darker −40%#005A5C

More saturated +25%#29FCFF

Less saturated −25%#45E1E3

Channel breakdown

R42

G251

B254

Red42 (16.5%)

Green251 (98.4%)

Blue254 (99.6%)

Hue180.85°

Saturation (HSL)99.07%

Lightness58.04%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2A · G FB · B FE

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Colour values

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