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Recognised as Colour

#2EC3FF

  • #2EC3FF
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Deep skyblue

#2EC3FF is a cyan with RGB values 46, 195, 255 and HSL 197°, 100%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2EC3FF#2EC3FF
HEX#2EC3FF
RGBrgb(46, 195, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.7647, 1
RGB percentages18%, 76.5%, 100%
HSLhsl(197.2, 100%, 59%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.2, 82%, 100%)
CMYK82%, 23.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,064,831
CSS custom property--colour: #2EC3FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46831WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness174.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.37:1
Contrast with white2.03:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.37:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A8A8A8
Inverted#D13C00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#A4C1FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 23.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#89AEFEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.3 from the original
Tritanopia#00D3D7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 34.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.03:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.37:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 2.9Light skyblue · ΔE 14.6Sky blue · ΔE 19.7Steel blue · ΔE 26.8Light steelblue · ΔE 30.2Light blue · ΔE 31
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 2.86, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF6A2E
Analogous#2EFFD3, #2E5AFF
Triadic#FF2EC3, #C3FF2E
Split complementary#FF2E5A, #FFD32E
Tetradic#D32EFF, #FF6A2E, #5AFF2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FAFEFF
Lighter +30%#C7EFFF
Lighter +20%#94E0FF
Lighter +10%#61D2FF
Darker −10%#00B2FA
Darker −20%#008EC7
Darker −30%#006A94
Darker −40%#004561
More saturated +25%#2EC3FF
Less saturated −25%#48B8E5

Channel breakdown

R46
G195
B255
Red46 (18%)
Green195 (76.5%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue197.22°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness59.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G C3 · B FF

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