Recognised as Colour

#2A4E47

#2A4E47
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2A4E47 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 78, 71 and HSL 168°, 30%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#2A4E47

RGBrgb(42, 78, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.3059, 0.2784

RGB percentages16.5%, 30.6%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(168.3, 30%, 23.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(168.3, 46.2%, 30.6%)

CMYK46.2%, 0%, 9%, 69.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,772,551

CSS custom property--colour: #2A4E47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06396WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness68.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.21:1

Contrast with white9.21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.28:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#464646

Inverted#D5B1B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4B4A47no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#454648no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Tritanopia#1D4F4Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.28:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.1 Dim grey · ΔE 20.5 Teal · ΔE 24.2 Gray · ΔE 27.6 Slate grey · ΔE 27.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 28.4

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.06, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4E2A31

Analogous#2A4E35, #2A434E

Triadic#472A4E, #4E472A

Split complementary#4E2A43, #4E352A

Tetradic#352A4E, #4E2A31, #434E2A

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#86BEB3

Lighter +30%#65AC9E

Lighter +20%#4E9083

Lighter +10%#3C6F65

Darker −10%#182D29

Darker −20%#060C0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1B5D50

Less saturated −25%#393F3E

Channel breakdown

R42

G78

B71

Red42 (16.5%)

Green78 (30.6%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue168.33°

Saturation (HSL)30%

Lightness23.53%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2A · G 4E · B 47

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Colour harmonies

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