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Recognised as Colour

#2E5748

  • #2E5748
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E5748 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 87, 72 and HSL 158°, 31%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2E5748#2E5748
HEX#2E5748
RGBrgb(46, 87, 72)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3412, 0.2824
RGB percentages18%, 34.1%, 28.2%
HSLhsl(158, 30.8%, 26.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158, 47.1%, 34.1%)
CMYK47.1%, 0%, 17.2%, 65.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,037,000
CSS custom property--colour: #2E5748;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.07865WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness75.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.16:1
Contrast with white8.16:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.57:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4D4D4D
Inverted#D1A8B7

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#555247no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F4D49no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.5 from the original
Tritanopia#215753no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 7.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text8.16:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.57:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.7Dim grey · ΔE 21.8Teal · ΔE 22Dark cyan · ΔE 25.8Gray · ΔE 27.5Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.74, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#572E3D
Analogous#2E5733, #2E5257
Triadic#482E57, #57482E
Split complementary#572E52, #57332E
Tetradic#332E57, #572E3D, #52572E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8EC3B0
Lighter +30%#6CB298
Lighter +20%#519A7F
Lighter +10%#407864
Darker −10%#1C362C
Darker −20%#0B1411
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1D684C
Less saturated −25%#3F4644

Channel breakdown

R46
G87
B72
Red46 (18%)
Green87 (34.1%)
Blue72 (28.2%)
Hue158.05°
Saturation (HSL)30.83%
Lightness26.08%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 57 · B 48

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