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Recognised as Colour

#2EAEEA

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

#2EAEEA is a cyan with RGB values 46, 174, 234 and HSL 199°, 82%, 55%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2EAEEA#2EAEEA
HEX#2EAEEA
RGBrgb(46, 174, 234)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.6824, 0.9176
RGB percentages18%, 68.2%, 91.8%
HSLhsl(199.1, 81.7%, 54.9%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.1, 80.3%, 91.8%)
CMYK80.3%, 25.6%, 0%, 8.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,059,434
CSS custom property--colour: #2EAEEA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.36793WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness157 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.36:1
Contrast with white2.51:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#979797
Inverted#D15115

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#91ADEDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 20.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#789CE9no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#00BEC3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.51:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 7.3Light skyblue · ΔE 17Steel blue · ΔE 19Sky blue · ΔE 22Cornflower blue · ΔE 25.5Light steelblue · ΔE 29.6
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 7.33, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#EA6A2E
Analogous#2EEAC8, #2E50EA
Triadic#EA2EAE, #AEEA2E
Split complementary#EA2E50, #EAC82E
Tetradic#C82EEA, #EA6A2E, #50EA2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#E7F6FD
Lighter +30%#B9E4F8
Lighter +20%#8BD2F3
Lighter +10%#5CC0EF
Darker −10%#1594D0
Darker −20%#1073A2
Darker −30%#0C5273
Darker −40%#073145
More saturated +25%#19B6FF
Less saturated −25%#4BA4CD

Channel breakdown

R46
G174
B234
Red46 (18%)
Green174 (68.2%)
Blue234 (91.8%)
Hue199.15°
Saturation (HSL)81.74%
Lightness54.9%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G AE · B EA

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