Recognised as Colour

#2FF6FF

#2FF6FF
Cyan
Light
Nearest: Aqua

#2FF6FF is a cyan with RGB values 47, 246, 255 and HSL 183°, 100%, 59%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Aqua.

Colour values

#2FF6FF#2FF6FF

HEX#2FF6FF

RGBrgb(47, 246, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.9647, 1

RGB percentages18.4%, 96.5%, 100%

HSLhsl(182.6, 100%, 59.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 81.6%, 100%)

CMYK81.6%, 3.5%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,143,423

CSS custom property--colour: #2FF6FF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.73736WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness208.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.75:1

Contrast with white1.33:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black15.75:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#CCCCCC

Inverted#D00900

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E3EBFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 44.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#C8D6FFno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 46.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00FFF8no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 10.5 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text1.33:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text15.75:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Aqua · ΔE 7.1 Cyan · ΔE 7.1 Dark turquoise · ΔE 14.3 Turquoise · ΔE 15.6 Medium turquoise · ΔE 15.9 Pale turquoise · ΔE 25.3

Nearest named CSS colourAqua (#00FFFF)ΔE 7.11, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FF382F

Analogous#2FFFA0, #2F8EFF

Triadic#FF2FF6, #F6FF2F

Split complementary#FF2F8E, #FFA02F

Tetradic#A02FFF, #FF382F, #8EFF2F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FBFFFF

Lighter +30%#C8FDFF

Lighter +20%#95FAFF

Lighter +10%#62F8FF

Darker −10%#00F0FB

Darker −20%#00BFC8

Darker −30%#008F95

Darker −40%#005E62

More saturated +25%#2FF6FF

Less saturated −25%#49DEE5

Channel breakdown

R47

G246

B255

Red47 (18.4%)

Green246 (96.5%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue182.6°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness59.22%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2F · G F6 · B FF

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