Recognised as Colour

#2B6571

#2B6571
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2B6571 is a cyan with RGB values 43, 101, 113 and HSL 190°, 45%, 31%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 6.6:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#2B6571

RGBrgb(43, 101, 113)

RGB (0–1)0.1686, 0.3961, 0.4431

RGB percentages16.9%, 39.6%, 44.3%

HSLhsl(190.3, 44.9%, 30.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190.3, 61.9%, 44.3%)

CMYK61.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 55.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,844,017

CSS custom property--colour: #2B6571;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.11013WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 6.56:1

Contrast with white6.56:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.2:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#5A5A5A

Inverted#D49A8E

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#5C6272no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#515A71no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.3 from the original

Tritanopia#006A69no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text6.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.2:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.5 Teal · ΔE 16.9 Slate grey · ΔE 18.5 Dim grey · ΔE 20 Dark cyan · ΔE 20.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 20.7

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.49, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#71372B

Analogous#2B715A, #2B4271

Triadic#712B65, #65712B

Split complementary#712B42, #715A2B

Tetradic#5A2B71, #71372B, #42712B

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#92CAD6

Lighter +30%#6DB8C8

Lighter +20%#48A6BA

Lighter +10%#398696

Darker −10%#1D444C

Darker −20%#0F2327

Darker −30%#010202

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#187284

Less saturated −25%#3F585E

Channel breakdown

R43

G101

B113

Red43 (16.9%)

Green101 (39.6%)

Blue113 (44.3%)

Hue190.29°

Saturation (HSL)44.87%

Lightness30.59%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2B · G 65 · B 71

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