Recognised as Colour

#2E4B47

#2E4B47
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E4B47 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 75, 71 and HSL 172°, 24%, 24%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 9.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#2E4B47

RGBrgb(46, 75, 71)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.2941, 0.2784

RGB percentages18%, 29.4%, 27.8%

HSLhsl(171.7, 24%, 23.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(171.7, 38.7%, 29.4%)

CMYK38.7%, 0%, 5.3%, 70.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,033,927

CSS custom property--colour: #2E4B47;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.06068WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness67.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 9.49:1

Contrast with white9.49:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.21:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#454545

Inverted#D1B4B8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#484847no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#434447no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 12.2 from the original

Tritanopia#244C4Ano blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 3.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text9.49:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.21:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3.1 Dim grey · ΔE 19.1 Teal · ΔE 26.3 Gray · ΔE 26.8 Slate grey · ΔE 27 Light slate grey · ΔE 29.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.15, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#4B2E32

Analogous#2E4B39, #2E404B

Triadic#472E4B, #4B472E

Split complementary#4B2E40, #4B392E

Tetradic#392E4B, #4B2E32, #404B2E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8CB9B3

Lighter +30%#6DA59D

Lighter +20%#558A83

Lighter +10%#416B65

Darker −10%#1B2B29

Darker −20%#070C0B

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1F5A52

Less saturated −25%#3C3C3C

Channel breakdown

R46

G75

B71

Red46 (18%)

Green75 (29.4%)

Blue71 (27.8%)

Hue171.72°

Saturation (HSL)23.97%

Lightness23.73%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2E · G 4B · B 47

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