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Recognised as Colour

#2E97BB

  • #2E97BB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#2E97BB is a cyan with RGB values 46, 151, 187 and HSL 195°, 61%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.3:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#2E97BB#2E97BB
HEX#2E97BB
RGBrgb(46, 151, 187)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5922, 0.7333
RGB percentages18%, 59.2%, 73.3%
HSLhsl(195.3, 60.5%, 45.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(195.3, 75.4%, 73.3%)
CMYK75.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 26.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,053,499
CSS custom property--colour: #2E97BB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.26302WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness134.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.26:1
Contrast with white3.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.26:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#838383
Inverted#D16844

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8394BDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7086BBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00A2A3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.35:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 15.3Cadetblue · ΔE 20.1Deep skyblue · ΔE 21Sky blue · ΔE 21.8Light slate grey · ΔE 22.1Light skyblue · ΔE 22.4
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 15.33, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BB522E
Analogous#2EBB99, #2E50BB
Triadic#BB2E97, #97BB2E
Split complementary#BB2E51, #BB992E
Tetradic#982EBB, #BB522E, #50BB2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C4E5F1
Lighter +30%#9BD3E7
Lighter +20%#73C1DC
Lighter +10%#4AAFD2
Darker −10%#247692
Darker −20%#1A5569
Darker −30%#103440
Darker −40%#061317
More saturated +25%#11A5D8
Less saturated −25%#4B899E

Channel breakdown

R46
G151
B187
Red46 (18%)
Green151 (59.2%)
Blue187 (73.3%)
Hue195.32°
Saturation (HSL)60.52%
Lightness45.69%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 97 · B BB

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