Recognised as Colour

#2E5554

#2E5554
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E5554 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 85, 84 and HSL 178°, 30%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#2E5554

RGBrgb(46, 85, 84)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3333, 0.3294

RGB percentages18%, 33.3%, 32.9%

HSLhsl(178.5, 29.8%, 25.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(178.5, 45.9%, 33.3%)

CMYK45.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 66.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,036,500

CSS custom property--colour: #2E5554;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07718WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness75.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.26:1

Contrast with white8.26:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.54:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D

Inverted#D1AAAB

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#515254no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 14.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#4A4C54no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Tritanopia#1C5755no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 5.2 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text8.26:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.54:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 3.2 Dim grey · ΔE 18.3 Teal · ΔE 21.5 Slate grey · ΔE 23.8 Gray · ΔE 24.9 Dark cyan · ΔE 25.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 3.17, a close match

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#552E2F

Analogous#2E5540, #2E4355

Triadic#542E55, #55542E

Split complementary#552E42, #55402E

Tetradic#412E55, #552E2F, #42552E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#8DC2C0

Lighter +30%#6CB0AE

Lighter +20%#529795

Lighter +10%#407675

Darker −10%#1C3433

Darker −20%#0A1313

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1E6564

Less saturated −25%#3E4544

Channel breakdown

R46

G85

B84

Red46 (18%)

Green85 (33.3%)

Blue84 (32.9%)

Hue178.46°

Saturation (HSL)29.77%

Lightness25.69%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 2E · G 55 · B 54

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