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Recognised as Colour

#2A524E

  • #2A524E
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2A524E is a cyan with RGB values 42, 82, 78 and HSL 174°, 32%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2A524E#2A524E
HEX#2A524E
RGBrgb(42, 82, 78)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.3216, 0.3059
RGB percentages16.5%, 32.2%, 30.6%
HSLhsl(174, 32.3%, 24.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(174, 48.8%, 32.2%)
CMYK48.8%, 0%, 4.9%, 67.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,773,582
CSS custom property--colour: #2A524E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07077WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness71.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.69:1
Contrast with white8.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.42:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#494949
Inverted#D5ADB1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E4E4Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#47494Eno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.6 from the original
Tritanopia#185451no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.42:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 4Dim grey · ΔE 19.8Teal · ΔE 22.2Slate grey · ΔE 26.1Dark cyan · ΔE 26.3Gray · ΔE 26.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.96, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#522A2E
Analogous#2A523A, #2A4252
Triadic#4E2A52, #524E2A
Split complementary#522A42, #523A2A
Tetradic#3A2A52, #522A2E, #42522A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#87C1BB
Lighter +30%#65B0A9
Lighter +20%#4D958E
Lighter +10%#3B746E
Darker −10%#19302E
Darker −20%#070F0E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1A625A
Less saturated −25%#3A4342

Channel breakdown

R42
G82
B78
Red42 (16.5%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue78 (30.6%)
Hue174°
Saturation (HSL)32.26%
Lightness24.31%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G 52 · B 4E

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