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Recognised as Colour

#2BA4D6

  • #2BA4D6
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2BA4D6 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 164, 214 and HSL 198°, 68%, 50%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2BA4D6#2BA4D6
HEX#2BA4D6
RGBrgb(43, 164, 214)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.6431, 0.8392
RGB percentages16.9%, 64.3%, 83.9%
HSLhsl(197.5, 67.6%, 50.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.5, 79.9%, 83.9%)
CMYK79.9%, 23.4%, 0%, 16.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,860,246
CSS custom property--colour: #2BA4D6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.3192WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness146.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.38:1
Contrast with white2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.38:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#8E8E8E
Inverted#D45B29

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8BA2D8no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7492D5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23 from the original
Tritanopia#00B2B5no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.38:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 12.4Steel blue · ΔE 15.9Light skyblue · ΔE 18.1Sky blue · ΔE 20.8Cadetblue · ΔE 27.6Light slate grey · ΔE 27.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 12.41, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D65D2B
Analogous#2BD6B3, #2B4ED6
Triadic#D62BA4, #A4D62B
Split complementary#D62B4E, #D6B22B
Tetradic#B32BD6, #D65D2B, #4FD62B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D6EDF7
Lighter +30%#ABDBEF
Lighter +20%#80C9E7
Lighter +10%#56B6DE
Darker −10%#2184AD
Darker −20%#196382
Darker −30%#114357
Darker −40%#09222C
More saturated +25%#0BB1F6
Less saturated −25%#4B97B6

Channel breakdown

R43
G164
B214
Red43 (16.9%)
Green164 (64.3%)
Blue214 (83.9%)
Hue197.54°
Saturation (HSL)67.59%
Lightness50.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2B · G A4 · B D6

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