Colour

#2E3D40

#2E3D40
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E3D40 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 61, 64 and HSL 190°, 16%, 22%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#2E3D40

RGBrgb(46, 61, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.2392, 0.251

RGB percentages18%, 23.9%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(190, 16.4%, 21.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(190, 28.1%, 25.1%)

CMYK28.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 74.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,030,336

CSS custom property--colour: #2E3D40;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04288WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.3:1

Contrast with white11.3:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#3A3A3A

Inverted#D1C2BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3A3C40no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 5.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#373940no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 6.2 from the original

Tritanopia#283E3Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.3:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 9.3 Dim grey · ΔE 20.8 Black · ΔE 25.4 Slate grey · ΔE 29.2 Gray · ΔE 29.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 32.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 9.29, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#40312E

Analogous#2E403A, #2E3440

Triadic#402E3D, #3D402E

Split complementary#402E34, #403A2E

Tetradic#3A2E40, #40312E, #34402E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8DA8AD

Lighter +30%#6F9198

Lighter +20%#59767B

Lighter +10%#43595E

Darker −10%#192122

Darker −20%#030405

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#20464E

Less saturated −25%#373737

Channel breakdown

R46

G61

B64

Red46 (18%)

Green61 (23.9%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue190°

Saturation (HSL)16.36%

Lightness21.57%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G 3D · B 40

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