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Recognised as Colour

#2A5A67

  • #2A5A67
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2A5A67 is a cyan with RGB values 42, 90, 103 and HSL 193°, 42%, 28%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2A5A67#2A5A67
HEX#2A5A67
RGBrgb(42, 90, 103)
RGB (0–1)0.1647, 0.3529, 0.4039
RGB percentages16.5%, 35.3%, 40.4%
HSLhsl(192.8, 42.1%, 28.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.8, 59.2%, 40.4%)
CMYK59.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 59.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,775,655
CSS custom property--colour: #2A5A67;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08784WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.62:1
Contrast with white7.62:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#D5A598

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#525868no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 13.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#485167no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 14.3 from the original
Tritanopia#005F5Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.62:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.7Dim grey · ΔE 19.5Slate grey · ΔE 20Teal · ΔE 21.4Light slate grey · ΔE 22.6Gray · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.7, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#67372A
Analogous#2A6756, #2A3B67
Triadic#672A5A, #5A672A
Split complementary#672A3C, #67562A
Tetradic#562A67, #67372A, #3B672A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8DC2D0
Lighter +30%#68AFC2
Lighter +20%#4899AF
Lighter +10%#397A8B
Darker −10%#1B3A43
Darker −20%#0C1B1F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#186479
Less saturated −25%#3C5055

Channel breakdown

R42
G90
B103
Red42 (16.5%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue103 (40.4%)
Hue192.79°
Saturation (HSL)42.07%
Lightness28.43%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2A · G 5A · B 67

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