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Recognised as Colour

#2BC2E7

  • #2BC2E7
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#2BC2E7 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 194, 231 and HSL 192°, 80%, 54%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#2BC2E7#2BC2E7
HEX#2BC2E7
RGBrgb(43, 194, 231)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.7608, 0.9059
RGB percentages16.9%, 76.1%, 90.6%
HSLhsl(191.8, 79.7%, 53.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(191.8, 81.4%, 90.6%)
CMYK81.4%, 16%, 0%, 9.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,867,943
CSS custom property--colour: #2BC2E7;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.44867WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness169.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.97:1
Contrast with white2.11:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.97:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A5A5A5
Inverted#D43D18

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#ABBDE9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 29.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#93ABE7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 31.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00CECEno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.11:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.97:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 14.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 15.5Light skyblue · ΔE 16.1Dark turquoise · ΔE 21.6Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.4Cadetblue · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 14.65, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E7502B
Analogous#2BE7AE, #2B64E7
Triadic#E72BC2, #C2E72B
Split complementary#E72B64, #E7AE2B
Tetradic#AE2BE7, #E7502B, #64E72B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E2F7FC
Lighter +30%#B4EAF7
Lighter +20%#87DCF1
Lighter +10%#59CFEC
Darker −10%#17A5C8
Darker −20%#11809B
Darker −30%#0C5A6D
Darker −40%#07343F
More saturated +25%#13D1FF
Less saturated −25%#49B0CA

Channel breakdown

R43
G194
B231
Red43 (16.9%)
Green194 (76.1%)
Blue231 (90.6%)
Hue191.81°
Saturation (HSL)79.66%
Lightness53.73%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2B · G C2 · B E7

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