Information about #02AEBA color

#02AEBA color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#02AEBA falls into the Cyan Color Family — Full Saturation, Neutral brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(2, 174, 186) — 0.8% red, 68.2% green, 72.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 72 / 5 / 0 / 27. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#02AEBA presents itself as a pure, full-strength water-like cyan — one that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Strong Cyan (#00A8A8). Slightly further away sit Amazonite (#00C4B0) and Blue Green (#0D98BA).

In RGB terms — rgb(2, 174, 186) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 7.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #02AEBA is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#02AEBA color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#02AEBA color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #02AEBA

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#02AEBA
  • RGB2, 174, 186
  • CMYK72, 5, 0, 27
  • CSSrgb(2, 174, 186)
  • HSL184°, 98%, 37%
  • HSL Precise183.913°, 97.872%, 36.863%
  • HSV184°, 99%, 73%
  • HSB184°, 99%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.008
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.682
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • GLSLvec3(0.008, 0.682, 0.729)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.008, 0.682, 0.729, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.008, 0.682, 0.729)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB0.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB68.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB72.9%
  • Color FamilyCyan
  • Saturation FamilyFull Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID02AEBA
  • DECIMAL ID175802
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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