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Recognised as Colour

#2C4243

  • #2C4243
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2C4243 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 66, 67 and HSL 183°, 21%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2C4243#2C4243
HEX#2C4243
RGBrgb(44, 66, 67)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.2588, 0.2627
RGB percentages17.3%, 25.9%, 26.3%
HSLhsl(182.6, 20.7%, 21.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.6, 34.3%, 26.3%)
CMYK34.3%, 1.5%, 0%, 73.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,900,547
CSS custom property--colour: #2C4243;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04837WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness60.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.67:1
Contrast with white10.67:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.97:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#3D3D3D
Inverted#D3BDBC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3F4043no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#3B3D43no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Tritanopia#244442no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text10.67:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.97:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 6.1Dim grey · ΔE 20.2Black · ΔE 27.7Slate grey · ΔE 28.2Gray · ΔE 28.7Teal · ΔE 30.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#432D2C
Analogous#2C4338, #2C3743
Triadic#432C42, #42432C
Split complementary#432C37, #43382C
Tetradic#382C43, #432D2C, #37432C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#89B0B2
Lighter +30%#6B9B9D
Lighter +20%#547F81
Lighter +10%#406062
Darker −10%#182424
Darker −20%#040505
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1E4F51
Less saturated −25%#383838

Channel breakdown

R44
G66
B67
Red44 (17.3%)
Green66 (25.9%)
Blue67 (26.3%)
Hue182.61°
Saturation (HSL)20.72%
Lightness21.76%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 42 · B 43

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