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Recognised as Colour

#2E9BBD

  • #2E9BBD
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Steel blue

#2E9BBD is a cyan with RGB values 46, 155, 189 and HSL 194°, 61%, 46%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Steel blue.

Colour values

#2E9BBD#2E9BBD
HEX#2E9BBD
RGBrgb(46, 155, 189)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.6078, 0.7412
RGB percentages18%, 60.8%, 74.1%
HSLhsl(194.3, 60.9%, 46.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 75.7%, 74.1%)
CMYK75.7%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,054,525
CSS custom property--colour: #2E9BBD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.27698WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness137.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.54:1
Contrast with white3.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.54:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#868686
Inverted#D16442

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8897BFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#748ABDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00A5A6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.21:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.54:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Steel blue · ΔE 17.4Cadetblue · ΔE 18.9Sky blue · ΔE 20.6Deep skyblue · ΔE 20.8Light skyblue · ΔE 21.7Dark cyan · ΔE 22.2
Nearest named CSS colourSteel blue (#4682B4)ΔE 17.38, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#BD502E
Analogous#2EBD98, #2E53BD
Triadic#BD2E9B, #9BBD2E
Split complementary#BD2E53, #BD982E
Tetradic#982EBD, #BD502E, #53BD2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#C6E7F1
Lighter +30%#9DD5E7
Lighter +20%#74C4DD
Lighter +10%#4BB3D3
Darker −10%#247994
Darker −20%#1A586B
Darker −30%#103642
Darker −40%#061419
More saturated +25%#11AADA
Less saturated −25%#4B8CA0

Channel breakdown

R46
G155
B189
Red46 (18%)
Green155 (60.8%)
Blue189 (74.1%)
Hue194.27°
Saturation (HSL)60.85%
Lightness46.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 9B · B BD

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