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Recognised as Colour

#2E515C

  • #2E515C
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E515C is a cyan with RGB values 46, 81, 92 and HSL 194°, 33%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2E515C#2E515C
HEX#2E515C
RGBrgb(46, 81, 92)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3176, 0.3608
RGB percentages18%, 31.8%, 36.1%
HSLhsl(194.3, 33.3%, 27.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(194.3, 50%, 36.1%)
CMYK50%, 12%, 0%, 63.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,035,484
CSS custom property--colour: #2E515C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07238WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness73.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.58:1
Contrast with white8.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4A4A4A
Inverted#D1AEA3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4A4F5Dno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 10.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#434A5Cno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Tritanopia#185554no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.58:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.2Dim grey · ΔE 18.4Slate grey · ΔE 21.7Light slate grey · ΔE 24.6Teal · ΔE 25.3Gray · ΔE 25.4
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.16, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5C392E
Analogous#2E5C50, #2E3A5C
Triadic#5C2E51, #515C2E
Split complementary#5C2E3A, #5C502E
Tetradic#502E5C, #5C392E, #3A5C2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8FBAC7
Lighter +30%#6DA5B6
Lighter +20%#508DA0
Lighter +10%#3F6F7E
Darker −10%#1D333A
Darker −20%#0C1518
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1D5A6D
Less saturated −25%#3F484B

Channel breakdown

R46
G81
B92
Red46 (18%)
Green81 (31.8%)
Blue92 (36.1%)
Hue194.35°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness27.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 51 · B 5C

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