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Recognised as Colour

#2C8EAA

  • #2C8EAA
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#2C8EAA is a cyan with RGB values 44, 142, 170 and HSL 193°, 59%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#2C8EAA#2C8EAA
HEX#2C8EAA
RGBrgb(44, 142, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.5569, 0.6667
RGB percentages17.3%, 55.7%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(193.3, 58.9%, 42%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.3, 74.1%, 66.7%)
CMYK74.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,920,106
CSS custom property--colour: #2C8EAA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.22784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.56:1
Contrast with white3.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.56:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7B7B7B
Inverted#D37155

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#7D8AABno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C7EAAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#009797no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.78:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 16.7Steel blue · ΔE 17.3Dark cyan · ΔE 18.6Teal · ΔE 18.9Light slate grey · ΔE 20Slate grey · ΔE 20.5
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 16.69, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AA482C
Analogous#2CAA87, #2C4FAA
Triadic#AA2C8E, #8EAA2C
Split complementary#AA2C4F, #AA872C
Tetradic#872CAA, #AA482C, #4FAA2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B6E0EC
Lighter +30%#8DCFE2
Lighter +20%#65BED7
Lighter +10%#3CADCD
Darker −10%#226C81
Darker −20%#174A59
Darker −30%#0D2830
Darker −40%#020708
More saturated +25%#119DC5
Less saturated −25%#477F8F

Channel breakdown

R44
G142
B170
Red44 (17.3%)
Green142 (55.7%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue193.33°
Saturation (HSL)58.88%
Lightness41.96%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 8E · B AA

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