#02FBCD

sRGB: 2 / 251 / 205

Hollow echoes drift beyond memory
Unbridled forces shimmer across boundless heavens
Boundless spirits shatter the chains of fate

#02FBCD belongs to the cyan family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 2 red, 251 green and 205 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 168.9° lands in the cyan region. Its 98.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 49.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (15.68:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 2, 251, 205
HSL: 168.92°, 98.42%, 49.61%
HSV / HSB: 168.92°, 99.20%, 98.43%
CMYK (approx.): 99.20%, 0.00%, 18.33%, 1.57%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 45.539, 73.412, 69.529
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 88.644, -59.801, 8.206
WCAG relative luminance: 0.73415
24-bit decimal: 195533

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #02FBCD in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 15.68:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.34:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#FB0230 sits half a turn (180°) from #02FBCD on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#02FBCD #FB0230

Analogous

#02FB50 and #02ADFB sit 30° to either side of #02FBCD. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#02FB50 #02FBCD #02ADFB

Triadic

#02FBCD, #CD02FB and #FBCD02 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#02FBCD #CD02FB #FBCD02

Split complementary

Start at #02FBCD and look across the wheel. #FB02AD and #FB5002 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#02FBCD #FB02AD #FB5002

Square

Starting with #02FBCD, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #5002FB, #FB0230, then #ADFB02. Across the square, #02FBCD pairs with #FB0230, and #5002FB with #ADFB02.

#02FBCD #5002FB #FB0230 #ADFB02

Tetradic

#02FBCD and #FB0230 are opposites, as are #0230FB and #FBCD02. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#02FBCD #0230FB #FB0230 #FBCD02

Tints

Mixing #02FBCD with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #35FCD7, keeps 80% of the original. By #CCFEF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#02FBCD #35FCD7 #67FDE1 #9AFDEB #CCFEF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #02FBCD with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #02C9A4, keeps 80% of the original. By #003229, the mixture is 80% black.

#02FBCD #02C9A4 #01977B #016452 #003229 #000000

Tones

Mixing #02FBCD with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #1BE2BE, keeps 80% of the original. By #67998F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#02FBCD #1BE2BE #34CAAE #4EB19F #67998F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#02FBCD

RGB

rgb(2 251 205)

HSL

hsl(168.916 98.419% 49.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #02FBCD;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#02FBCD uses 2 red, 251 green and 205 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 0.8%

Green 98.4%

Blue 80.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #02FBCD is 99.2% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 18.3% yellow and 1.6% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 99.2%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 18.3%

Black 1.6%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #00FFCC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #0FC in CSS. For a modern design, keep #02FBCD when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #00FFCC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #00FFCC Nearest web-safe: #00FFCC

Gradient to complement

#02FBCD #2CD2B3 #55A899 #7F7F7F #A85564 #D22C4A #FB0230

Color vision previews

Compare how #02FBCD appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#F2EACB

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#D9D7D0

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#00FEEE

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C7EECD

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#BAE4CF

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#00FAD9

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#DEDEDE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A3EDD6

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.00061 G 0.96469 B 0.61050

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.45138 G 0.96981 B 0.81278

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.17177 G 0.93268 B 0.62572

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.242 y 0.389 Y 73.412

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 99.216 M % 1.569 Y % 19.608

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00000010 11111011 11001101