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Recognised as Colour

#2BCFF9

  • #2BCFF9
  • Cyan
  • Light
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2BCFF9 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 207, 249 and HSL 192°, 94%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2BCFF9#2BCFF9
HEX#2BCFF9
RGBrgb(43, 207, 249)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.8118, 0.9765
RGB percentages16.9%, 81.2%, 97.6%
HSLhsl(192.2, 94.5%, 57.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.2, 82.7%, 97.6%)
CMYK82.7%, 16.9%, 0%, 2.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,871,289
CSS custom property--colour: #2BCFF9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.51979WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness181 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.4:1
Contrast with white1.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black11.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AFAFAF
Inverted#D43006

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B6CAFBno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#9BB7F9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 32.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00DCDDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.84:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text11.4:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 14.3Sky blue · ΔE 15.6Light skyblue · ΔE 15.8Dark turquoise · ΔE 23.2Medium turquoise · ΔE 26.2Light blue · ΔE 26.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 14.3, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F9552B
Analogous#2BF9BC, #2B68F9
Triadic#F92BCF, #CFF92B
Split complementary#F92B68, #F9BC2B
Tetradic#BC2BF9, #F9552B, #68F92B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F1FCFF
Lighter +30%#C0F1FD
Lighter +20%#8EE5FC
Lighter +10%#5DDAFA
Darker −10%#07BCEA
Darker −20%#0594B9
Darker −30%#046C87
Darker −40%#024556
More saturated +25%#25D3FF
Less saturated −25%#46BFDE

Channel breakdown

R43
G207
B249
Red43 (16.9%)
Green207 (81.2%)
Blue249 (97.6%)
Hue192.23°
Saturation (HSL)94.5%
Lightness57.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2B · G CF · B F9

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