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Recognised as Colour

#2EAAE2

  • #2EAAE2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2EAAE2 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 170, 226 and HSL 199°, 76%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2EAAE2#2EAAE2
HEX#2EAAE2
RGBrgb(46, 170, 226)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.6667, 0.8863
RGB percentages18%, 66.7%, 88.6%
HSLhsl(198.7, 75.6%, 53.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.7, 79.6%, 88.6%)
CMYK79.6%, 24.8%, 0%, 11.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,058,402
CSS custom property--colour: #2EAAE2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34821WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness153 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.96:1
Contrast with white2.64:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#D1551D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#8EA9E5no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#7698E1no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00B9BDno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 33.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.64:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 9.2Light skyblue · ΔE 17.1Steel blue · ΔE 17.5Sky blue · ΔE 21.2Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.6Light steelblue · ΔE 28.9
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 9.18, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E2662E
Analogous#2EE2C0, #2E50E2
Triadic#E22EAA, #AAE22E
Split complementary#E22E50, #E2C02E
Tetradic#C02EE2, #E2662E, #50E22E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E1F3FB
Lighter +30%#B4E1F5
Lighter +20%#88CEEE
Lighter +10%#5BBCE8
Darker −10%#1B8EC2
Darker −20%#156D95
Darker −30%#0F4D69
Darker −40%#082C3C
More saturated +25%#11B5FF
Less saturated −25%#4C9FC4

Channel breakdown

R46
G170
B226
Red46 (18%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue226 (88.6%)
Hue198.67°
Saturation (HSL)75.63%
Lightness53.33%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G AA · B E2

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