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Recognised as Colour

#2C586D

  • #2C586D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2C586D is a cyan with RGB values 44, 88, 109 and HSL 199°, 42%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2C586D#2C586D
HEX#2C586D
RGBrgb(44, 88, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.1725, 0.3451, 0.4275
RGB percentages17.3%, 34.5%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(199.4, 42.5%, 30%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199.4, 59.6%, 42.7%)
CMYK59.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer2,906,221
CSS custom property--colour: #2C586D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08619WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness80.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.71:1
Contrast with white7.71:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.72:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#D3A792

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4E576Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#44506Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.8 from the original
Tritanopia#005E5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.71:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.72:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.9Slate grey · ΔE 19.6Dim grey · ΔE 20.8Light slate grey · ΔE 22.3Steel blue · ΔE 23.6Teal · ΔE 25.5
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.9, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D412C
Analogous#2C6D61, #2C386D
Triadic#6D2C58, #586D2C
Split complementary#6D2C38, #6D612C
Tetradic#612C6D, #6D412C, #386D2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#92BED3
Lighter +30%#6EA8C4
Lighter +20%#4993B6
Lighter +10%#3B7591
Darker −10%#1D3B49
Darker −20%#0F1D24
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#195F80
Less saturated −25%#3F515A

Channel breakdown

R44
G88
B109
Red44 (17.3%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue199.38°
Saturation (HSL)42.48%
Lightness30%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2C · G 58 · B 6D

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