Nerdulator> put something in

Recognised as Colour

#2FA8CB

  • #2FA8CB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Sky blue

#2FA8CB is a cyan with RGB values 47, 168, 203 and HSL 193°, 62%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Sky blue.

Colour values

#2FA8CB#2FA8CB
HEX#2FA8CB
RGBrgb(47, 168, 203)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.6588, 0.7961
RGB percentages18.4%, 65.9%, 79.6%
HSLhsl(193.5, 62.4%, 49%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.5, 76.8%, 79.6%)
CMYK76.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,123,403
CSS custom property--colour: #2FA8CB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.32921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness148.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.58:1
Contrast with white2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#919191
Inverted#D05734

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#94A4CDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 25.2 from the original
Deuteranopia#7F95CBno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 26.7 from the original
Tritanopia#00B3B3no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Sky blue · ΔE 17.3Deep skyblue · ΔE 17.8Light skyblue · ΔE 18.6Cadetblue · ΔE 20Steel blue · ΔE 21Dark cyan · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourSky blue (#87CEEB)ΔE 17.32, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#CB522F
Analogous#2FCBA0, #2F5ACB
Triadic#CB2FA8, #A8CB2F
Split complementary#CB2F5A, #CBA02F
Tetradic#A02FCB, #CB522F, #5ACB2F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D2EDF4
Lighter +30%#A8DCEB
Lighter +20%#7FCBE1
Lighter +10%#55BAD8
Darker −10%#2586A2
Darker −20%#1C6378
Darker −30%#12414F
Darker −40%#091F25
More saturated +25%#10B9EA
Less saturated −25%#4E97AC

Channel breakdown

R47
G168
B203
Red47 (18.4%)
Green168 (65.9%)
Blue203 (79.6%)
Hue193.46°
Saturation (HSL)62.4%
Lightness49.02%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G A8 · B CB

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

Nerdulate something else

Nothing in mind? Surprise me · today’s page

Every value on this page was computed from “2fa8cb” by Nerdulator’s colour engine. Nothing here was retrieved from a database of answers or written by a model.