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Recognised as Colour

#2A594A

  • #2A594A
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2A594A is a cyan with RGB values 42, 89, 74 and HSL 161°, 36%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2A594A#2A594A
HEX#2A594A
RGBrgb(42, 89, 74)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.349, 0.2902
RGB percentages16.5%, 34.9%, 29%
HSLhsl(160.9, 35.9%, 25.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(160.9, 52.8%, 34.9%)
CMYK52.8%, 0%, 16.9%, 65.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,775,370
CSS custom property--colour: #2A594A;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08131WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8:1
Contrast with white8:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.63:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#D5A6B5

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#575449no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F4E4Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.1 from the original
Tritanopia#185A55no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.63:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 11.7Teal · ΔE 20.5Dim grey · ΔE 22.9Dark cyan · ΔE 24.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28Gray · ΔE 28.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 11.71, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#592A39
Analogous#2A5932, #2A5159
Triadic#4A2A59, #594A2A
Split complementary#592A51, #59322A
Tetradic#332A59, #592A39, #51592A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#88C7B3
Lighter +30%#65B79D
Lighter +20%#4B9E84
Lighter +10%#3A7C67
Darker −10%#1A362D
Darker −20%#091410
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1A6950
Less saturated −25%#3A4944

Channel breakdown

R42
G89
B74
Red42 (16.5%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue74 (29%)
Hue160.85°
Saturation (HSL)35.88%
Lightness25.69%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2A · G 59 · B 4A

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