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Recognised as Colour

#2E596D

  • #2E596D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E596D is a cyan with RGB values 46, 89, 109 and HSL 199°, 41%, 30%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2E596D#2E596D
HEX#2E596D
RGBrgb(46, 89, 109)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.349, 0.4275
RGB percentages18%, 34.9%, 42.7%
HSLhsl(199, 40.6%, 30.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(199, 57.8%, 42.7%)
CMYK57.8%, 18.3%, 0%, 57.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,037,549
CSS custom property--colour: #2E596D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.0883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness81.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.59:1
Contrast with white7.59:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.77:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#515151
Inverted#D1A692

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#4F586Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 11 from the original
Deuteranopia#46516Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 11.9 from the original
Tritanopia#005F5Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.59:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.77:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 13.4Slate grey · ΔE 19.1Dim grey · ΔE 20.1Light slate grey · ΔE 21.8Steel blue · ΔE 23.8Teal · ΔE 25
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 13.4, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#6D422E
Analogous#2E6D61, #2E3A6D
Triadic#6D2E59, #596D2E
Split complementary#6D2E3A, #6D612E
Tetradic#612E6D, #6D422E, #3A6D2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#95BFD2
Lighter +30%#71A9C3
Lighter +20%#4D93B4
Lighter +10%#3D7691
Darker −10%#1F3C49
Darker −20%#101E25
Darker −30%#010101
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1B6080
Less saturated −25%#41525A

Channel breakdown

R46
G89
B109
Red46 (18%)
Green89 (34.9%)
Blue109 (42.7%)
Hue199.05°
Saturation (HSL)40.65%
Lightness30.39%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 59 · B 6D

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