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Recognised as Colour

#2C524F

  • #2C524F
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2C524F is a cyan with RGB values 44, 82, 79 and HSL 175°, 30%, 25%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2C524F#2C524F
HEX#2C524F
RGBrgb(44, 82, 79)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.3216, 0.3098
RGB percentages17.3%, 32.2%, 31%
HSLhsl(175.3, 30.2%, 24.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(175.3, 46.3%, 32.2%)
CMYK46.3%, 0%, 3.7%, 67.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,904,655
CSS custom property--colour: #2C524F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07135WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness72.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.65:1
Contrast with white8.65:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.43:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#D3ADB0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E4E4Fno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#48494Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.4 from the original
Tritanopia#1B5451no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.65:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.43:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3Dim grey · ΔE 19.1Teal · ΔE 22.5Slate grey · ΔE 25.4Gray · ΔE 26Dark cyan · ΔE 26.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.05, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#522C2F
Analogous#2C523C, #2C4252
Triadic#4F2C52, #524F2C
Split complementary#522C42, #523C2C
Tetradic#3C2C52, #522C2F, #42522C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8AC0BC
Lighter +30%#69AEA9
Lighter +20%#50948F
Lighter +10%#3E736F
Darker −10%#1A312F
Darker −20%#08100F
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1C625C
Less saturated −25%#3C4242

Channel breakdown

R44
G82
B79
Red44 (17.3%)
Green82 (32.2%)
Blue79 (31%)
Hue175.26°
Saturation (HSL)30.16%
Lightness24.71%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2C · G 52 · B 4F

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