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Recognised as Colour

#2FAADD

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

#2FAADD is a cyan with RGB values 47, 170, 221 and HSL 198°, 72%, 53%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2FAADD#2FAADD
HEX#2FAADD
RGBrgb(47, 170, 221)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.6667, 0.8667
RGB percentages18.4%, 66.7%, 86.7%
HSLhsl(197.6, 71.9%, 52.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(197.6, 78.7%, 86.7%)
CMYK78.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 13.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,123,933
CSS custom property--colour: #2FAADD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.34574WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness152.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 7.91:1
Contrast with white2.65:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black7.91:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#949494
Inverted#D05522

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#90A8DFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#7998DCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 23.2 from the original
Tritanopia#00B8BBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 30.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.65:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text7.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 10.4Light skyblue · ΔE 16.6Steel blue · ΔE 17.8Sky blue · ΔE 19.6Light steelblue · ΔE 27.9Cadetblue · ΔE 28.3
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 10.44, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#DD622F
Analogous#2FDDB9, #2F53DD
Triadic#DD2FAA, #AADD2F
Split complementary#DD2F53, #DDB92F
Tetradic#B92FDD, #DD622F, #53DD2F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DEF2FA
Lighter +30%#B3E0F2
Lighter +20%#87CEEB
Lighter +10%#5BBCE4
Darker −10%#1E8DBB
Darker −20%#176C8F
Darker −30%#104B63
Darker −40%#092A37
More saturated +25%#11B7FB
Less saturated −25%#4D9DBF

Channel breakdown

R47
G170
B221
Red47 (18.4%)
Green170 (66.7%)
Blue221 (86.7%)
Hue197.59°
Saturation (HSL)71.9%
Lightness52.55%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G AA · B DD

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