Recognised as Colour

#2E5255

#2E5255
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E5255 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 82, 85 and HSL 185°, 30%, 26%. 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

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HEX#2E5255

RGBrgb(46, 82, 85)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3216, 0.3333

RGB percentages18%, 32.2%, 33.3%

HSLhsl(184.6, 29.8%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(184.6, 45.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK45.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,035,733

CSS custom property--colour: #2E5255;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07271WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness73.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.56:1

Contrast with white8.56:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#D1ADAA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#4D4F55no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.8 from the original

Deuteranopia#464A55no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original

Tritanopia#1C5553no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 6.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.56:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.45:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 2.4 Dim grey · ΔE 18 Slate grey · ΔE 23.2 Teal · ΔE 23.3 Gray · ΔE 25 Light slate grey · ΔE 26

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 2.42, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#55312E

Analogous#2E5544, #2E3F55

Triadic#552E52, #52552E

Split complementary#552E3F, #55442E

Tetradic#442E55, #55312E, #3F552E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8DBEC2

Lighter +30%#6CAAB0

Lighter +20%#529297

Lighter +10%#407276

Darker −10%#1C3234

Darker −20%#0A1213

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1E6065

Less saturated −25%#3E4445

Channel breakdown

R46

G82

B85

Red46 (18%)

Green82 (32.2%)

Blue85 (33.3%)

Hue184.62°

Saturation (HSL)29.77%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G 52 · B 55

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