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Recognised as Colour

#2FBDFF

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

#2FBDFF is a cyan with RGB values 47, 189, 255 and HSL 199°, 100%, 59%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Deep skyblue.

Colour values

#2FBDFF#2FBDFF
HEX#2FBDFF
RGBrgb(47, 189, 255)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.7412, 1
RGB percentages18.4%, 74.1%, 100%
HSLhsl(199, 100%, 59.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 81.6%, 100%)
CMYK81.6%, 25.9%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,128,831
CSS custom property--colour: #2FBDFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.4422WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 9.84:1
Contrast with white2.13:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black9.84:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A4A4A4
Inverted#D04200

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9DBCFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#81A9FEno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 24.1 from the original
Tritanopia#00CED4no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 37.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.13:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text9.84:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Deep skyblue · ΔE 3.2Light skyblue · ΔE 16.5Sky blue · ΔE 22.6Steel blue · ΔE 24.8Cornflower blue · ΔE 26.8Light steelblue · ΔE 31.2
Nearest named CSS colourDeep skyblue (#00BFFF)ΔE 3.19, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#FF712F
Analogous#2FFFD9, #2F55FF
Triadic#FF2FBD, #BDFF2F
Split complementary#FF2F55, #FFD92F
Tetradic#D92FFF, #FF712F, #55FF2F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FBFEFF
Lighter +30%#C8EEFF
Lighter +20%#95DDFF
Lighter +10%#62CDFF
Darker −10%#00ABFB
Darker −20%#0089C8
Darker −30%#006695
Darker −40%#004362
More saturated +25%#2FBDFF
Less saturated −25%#49B3E5

Channel breakdown

R47
G189
B255
Red47 (18.4%)
Green189 (74.1%)
Blue255 (100%)
Hue199.04°
Saturation (HSL)100%
Lightness59.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G BD · B FF

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