Colour

#2C585D

#2C585D
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2C585D is a cyan with RGB values 44, 88, 93 and HSL 186°, 36%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2C585D#2C585D

HEX#2C585D

RGBrgb(44, 88, 93)

RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.3451, 0.3647

RGB percentages17.3%, 34.5%, 36.5%

HSLhsl(186.1, 35.8%, 26.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186.1, 52.7%, 36.5%)

CMYK52.7%, 5.4%, 0%, 63.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer2,906,205

CSS custom property--colour: #2C585D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08305WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness78.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.89:1

Contrast with white7.89:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.66:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F

Inverted#D3A7A2

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#52555Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A4F5Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.1 from the original

Tritanopia#0E5B59no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.89:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.66:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.5 Dim grey · ΔE 18.4 Teal · ΔE 20.5 Slate grey · ΔE 21.8 Light slate grey · ΔE 24.4 Dark cyan · ΔE 24.5

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.47, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#5D312C

Analogous#2C5D49, #2C405D

Triadic#5D2C58, #585D2C

Split complementary#5D2C40, #5D492C

Tetradic#4A2C5D, #5D312C, #405D2C

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8CC3C9

Lighter +30%#6AB0B8

Lighter +20%#4D9AA2

Lighter +10%#3C7980

Darker −10%#1C373A

Darker −20%#0B1618

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1B666E

Less saturated −25%#3D4A4C

Channel breakdown

R44

G88

B93

Red44 (17.3%)

Green88 (34.5%)

Blue93 (36.5%)

Hue186.12°

Saturation (HSL)35.77%

Lightness26.86%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2C · G 58 · B 5D

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