Colour

#2EF2FF

#2EF2FF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#2EF2FF is a cyan with RGB values 46, 242, 255 and HSL 184°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#2EF2FF#2EF2FF

HEX#2EF2FF

RGBrgb(46, 242, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.949, 1

RGB percentages18%, 94.9%, 100%

HSLhsl(183.7, 100%, 59%)

HSV / HSBhsv(183.7, 82%, 100%)

CMYK82%, 5.1%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,076,863

CSS custom property--colour: #2EF2FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.71305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness206 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.26:1

Contrast with white1.38:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#C9C9C9

Inverted#D10D00

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#DEE7FFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 42.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#C3D3FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 44.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00FCF6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.38:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 9.8 Cyan · ΔE 9.8 Dark turquoise · ΔE 13.7 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.7 Turquoise · ΔE 16.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 24.7

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 9.77, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#FF3B2E

Analogous#2EFFA3, #2E8AFF

Triadic#FF2EF2, #F2FF2E

Split complementary#FF2E8A, #FFA32E

Tetradic#A32EFF, #FF3B2E, #8AFF2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FAFFFF

Lighter +30%#C7FCFF

Lighter +20%#94F8FF

Lighter +10%#61F5FF

Darker −10%#00EAFA

Darker −20%#00BBC7

Darker −30%#008B94

Darker −40%#005B61

More saturated +25%#2EF2FF

Less saturated −25%#48DBE5

Channel breakdown

R46

G242

B255

Red46 (18%)

Green242 (94.9%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue183.73°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.02%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G F2 · B FF

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