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Recognised as Colour

#2E5849

  • #2E5849
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E5849 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 88, 73 and HSL 159°, 31%, 26%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 8.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2E5849#2E5849
HEX#2E5849
RGBrgb(46, 88, 73)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3451, 0.2863
RGB percentages18%, 34.5%, 28.6%
HSLhsl(158.6, 31.3%, 26.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(158.6, 47.7%, 34.5%)
CMYK47.7%, 0%, 17%, 65.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,037,257
CSS custom property--colour: #2E5849;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08041WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness76.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 8.05:1
Contrast with white8.05:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.61:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#D1A7B6

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#565348no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 18.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F4E4Ano green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 18.4 from the original
Tritanopia#215854no 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 text8.05:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.61:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 10.9Teal · ΔE 21.5Dim grey · ΔE 21.8Dark cyan · ΔE 25.4Gray · ΔE 27.4Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.7
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 10.94, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#582E3D
Analogous#2E5834, #2E5258
Triadic#492E58, #58492E
Split complementary#582E52, #58342E
Tetradic#342E58, #582E3D, #52582E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8EC4B1
Lighter +30%#6DB299
Lighter +20%#519B81
Lighter +10%#407965
Darker −10%#1C372D
Darker −20%#0B1511
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1D694E
Less saturated −25%#3F4744

Channel breakdown

R46
G88
B73
Red46 (18%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue73 (28.6%)
Hue158.57°
Saturation (HSL)31.34%
Lightness26.27%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 58 · B 49

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