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Recognised as Colour

#2DC6FF

  • #2DC6FF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2DC6FF is a cyan with RGB values 45, 198, 255 and HSL 196°, 100%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2DC6FF#2DC6FF
HEX#2DC6FF
RGBrgb(45, 198, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.1765, 0.7765, 1
RGB percentages17.6%, 77.6%, 100%
HSLhsl(196.3, 100%, 58.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(196.3, 82.4%, 100%)
CMYK82.4%, 22.4%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,000,063
CSS custom property--colour: #2DC6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.48166WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness176.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.63:1
Contrast with white1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.63:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#AAAAAA
Inverted#D23900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A8C3FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#8DB0FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Tritanopia#00D6D9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.63:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 4.7Light skyblue · ΔE 14.2Sky blue · ΔE 18.6Steel blue · ΔE 28Light steelblue · ΔE 29.9Light blue · ΔE 30
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 4.75, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF662D
Analogous#2DFFCF, #2D5DFF
Triadic#FF2DC6, #C6FF2D
Split complementary#FF2D5D, #FFCF2D
Tetradic#CF2DFF, #FF662D, #5DFF2D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#F9FDFF
Lighter +30%#C6F0FF
Lighter +20%#93E2FF
Lighter +10%#60D4FF
Darker −10%#00B5F9
Darker −20%#0090C6
Darker −30%#006B93
Darker −40%#004660
More saturated +25%#2DC6FF
Less saturated −25%#47BAE5

Channel breakdown

R45
G198
B255
Red45 (17.6%)
Green198 (77.6%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue196.29°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness58.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2D · G C6 · B FF

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