Recognised as Colour

#2E4740

#2E4740
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E4740 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 71, 64 and HSL 163°, 21%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 10:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2E4740#2E4740

HEX#2E4740

RGBrgb(46, 71, 64)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.2784, 0.251

RGB percentages18%, 27.8%, 25.1%

HSLhsl(163.2, 21.4%, 22.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(163.2, 35.2%, 27.8%)

CMYK35.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 72.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,032,896

CSS custom property--colour: #2E4740;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05457WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness63.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 10.04:1

Contrast with white10.04:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.09:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#414141

Inverted#D1B8BF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#454440no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#414140no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original

Tritanopia#274845no 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 text10.04:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.09:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.9 Dim grey · ΔE 20 Gray · ΔE 28 Teal · ΔE 28.4 Slate grey · ΔE 29 Black · ΔE 30.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.87, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#472E35

Analogous#2E4733, #2E4147

Triadic#402E47, #47402E

Split complementary#472E41, #47332E

Tetradic#342E47, #472E35, #42472E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8CB5A9

Lighter +30%#6DA192

Lighter +20%#568578

Lighter +10%#42665C

Darker −10%#1A2824

Darker −20%#060908

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1F5646

Less saturated −25%#3B3B3B

Channel breakdown

R46

G71

B64

Red46 (18%)

Green71 (27.8%)

Blue64 (25.1%)

Hue163.2°

Saturation (HSL)21.37%

Lightness22.94%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2E · G 47 · B 40

Keep nerding

Every link below is a page Nerdulator can generate from what it already knows about this value.

#2E4740

Colour values

Brightness & contrast

Colour vision & accessibility

Named colours

Colour harmonies

Tints, shades & saturation

Channel breakdown

Keep nerding

Harmonies

Lighter and darker

Similar named colours

Nerdulate something else