Colour

#2C5257

#2C5257
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2C5257 is a cyan with RGB values 44, 82, 87 and HSL 187°, 33%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#2C5257

RGBrgb(44, 82, 87)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.3216, 0.3412

RGB percentages17.3%, 32.2%, 34.1%

HSLhsl(187, 32.8%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(187, 49.4%, 34.1%)

CMYK49.4%, 5.7%, 0%, 65.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,904,663

CSS custom property--colour: #2C5257;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07258WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.57:1

Contrast with white8.57:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A

Inverted#D3ADA8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4C4F57no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#454A57no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.2 from the original

Tritanopia#165553no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.57:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3.6 Dim grey · ΔE 18.4 Slate grey · ΔE 23 Teal · ΔE 23.2 Gray · ΔE 25.4 Light slate grey · ΔE 25.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.61, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#57312C

Analogous#2C5747, #2C3C57

Triadic#572C52, #52572C

Split complementary#572C3C, #57472C

Tetradic#472C57, #57312C, #3D572C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8BBEC4

Lighter +30%#69AAB3

Lighter +20%#4E929B

Lighter +10%#3D7279

Darker −10%#1B3235

Darker −20%#0A1213

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1C5F67

Less saturated −25%#3C4547

Channel breakdown

R44

G82

B87

Red44 (17.3%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue87 (34.1%)

Hue186.98°

Saturation (HSL)32.82%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2C · G 52 · B 57

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