Recognised as Colour

#2E4941

#2E4941
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E4941 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 73, 65 and HSL 162°, 23%, 23%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#2E4941

RGBrgb(46, 73, 65)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.2863, 0.2549

RGB percentages18%, 28.6%, 25.5%

HSLhsl(162.2, 22.7%, 23.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(162.2, 37%, 28.6%)

CMYK37%, 0%, 11%, 71.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,033,409

CSS custom property--colour: #2E4941;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.05728WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness65.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.79:1

Contrast with white9.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#434343

Inverted#D1B6BE

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#474641no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#434242no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.9 from the original

Tritanopia#264A47no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.15:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 5.9 Dim grey · ΔE 20 Teal · ΔE 27.5 Gray · ΔE 27.8 Slate grey · ΔE 28.9 Black · ΔE 31.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 5.88, clearly different but related

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#492E36

Analogous#2E4934, #2E4449

Triadic#412E49, #49412E

Split complementary#492E44, #49342E

Tetradic#332E49, #492E36, #43492E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8CB7AA

Lighter +30%#6DA393

Lighter +20%#558879

Lighter +10%#42685D

Darker −10%#1A2A25

Darker −20%#070A09

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1F5847

Less saturated −25%#3B3B3B

Channel breakdown

R46

G73

B65

Red46 (18%)

Green73 (28.6%)

Blue65 (25.5%)

Hue162.22°

Saturation (HSL)22.69%

Lightness23.33%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2E · G 49 · B 41

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