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Recognised as Colour

#2C373C

  • #2C373C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2C373C is a cyan with RGB values 44, 55, 60 and HSL 199°, 15%, 20%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2C373C#2C373C
HEX#2C373C
RGBrgb(44, 55, 60)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.2157, 0.2353
RGB percentages17.3%, 21.6%, 23.5%
HSLhsl(198.8, 15.4%, 20.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.8, 26.7%, 23.5%)
CMYK26.7%, 8.3%, 0%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,897,724
CSS custom property--colour: #2C373C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03594WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness52.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.22:1
Contrast with white12.22:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#D3C8C3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#34363Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#32343Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.4 from the original
Tritanopia#273939no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text12.22:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 12.4Dim grey · ΔE 22.8Black · ΔE 23Slate grey · ΔE 31.1Gray · ΔE 31.8Light slate grey · ΔE 34.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 12.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#3C312C
Analogous#2C3C39, #2C2F3C
Triadic#3C2C37, #373C2C
Split complementary#3C2C2F, #3C392C
Tetradic#392C3C, #3C312C, #2F3C2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8AA0AA
Lighter +30%#6D8894
Lighter +20%#576D77
Lighter +10%#425259
Darker −10%#161C1F
Darker −20%#010101
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1F3C49
Less saturated −25%#343434

Channel breakdown

R44
G55
B60
Red44 (17.3%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue60 (23.5%)
Hue198.75°
Saturation (HSL)15.38%
Lightness20.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 37 · B 3C

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