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Recognised as Colour

#2B5460

  • #2B5460
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2B5460 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 84, 96 and HSL 194°, 38%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2B5460#2B5460
HEX#2B5460
RGBrgb(43, 84, 96)
RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.3294, 0.3765
RGB percentages16.9%, 32.9%, 37.6%
HSLhsl(193.6, 38.1%, 27.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 55.2%, 37.6%)
CMYK55.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 62.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,839,648
CSS custom property--colour: #2B5460;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07699WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.27:1
Contrast with white8.27:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4C4C4C
Inverted#D4AB9F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4C5261no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#444C60no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.7 from the original
Tritanopia#095858no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.27:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8Dim grey · ΔE 19.1Slate grey · ΔE 21.3Teal · ΔE 23.7Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1Gray · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.03, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#60372B
Analogous#2B6051, #2B3A60
Triadic#602B54, #54602B
Split complementary#602B3A, #60512B
Tetradic#522B60, #60372B, #3A602B

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8CBDCB
Lighter +30%#68A9BC
Lighter +20%#4B92A6
Lighter +10%#3B7383
Darker −10%#1B353D
Darker −20%#0B161A
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1A5E71
Less saturated −25%#3C4A4F

Channel breakdown

R43
G84
B96
Red43 (16.9%)
Green84 (32.9%)
Blue96 (37.6%)
Hue193.58°
Saturation (HSL)38.13%
Lightness27.25%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2B · G 54 · B 60

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