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Recognised as Colour

#2E5A53

  • #2E5A53
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2E5A53 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 90, 83 and HSL 170°, 32%, 27%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2E5A53#2E5A53
HEX#2E5A53
RGBrgb(46, 90, 83)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.3529, 0.3255
RGB percentages18%, 35.3%, 32.5%
HSLhsl(170.5, 32.4%, 26.7%)
HSV / HSBhsv(170.5, 48.9%, 35.3%)
CMYK48.9%, 0%, 7.8%, 64.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,037,779
CSS custom property--colour: #2E5A53;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness78.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.77:1
Contrast with white7.77:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#D1A5AC

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#565653no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#4F5054no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 17.8 from the original
Tritanopia#1B5B58no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.77:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 7.3Teal · ΔE 19.3Dim grey · ΔE 19.6Dark cyan · ΔE 23.3Gray · ΔE 25.3Slate grey · ΔE 25.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 7.3, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#5A2E35
Analogous#2E5A3D, #2E4B5A
Triadic#532E5A, #5A532E
Split complementary#5A2E4B, #5A3D2E
Tetradic#3D2E5A, #5A2E35, #4B5A2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#8FC6BD
Lighter +30%#6DB4A9
Lighter +20%#519E91
Lighter +10%#3F7C72
Darker −10%#1D3834
Darker −20%#0C1715
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1D6B5F
Less saturated −25%#3F4947

Channel breakdown

R46
G90
B83
Red46 (18%)
Green90 (35.3%)
Blue83 (32.5%)
Hue170.45°
Saturation (HSL)32.35%
Lightness26.67%
Dominant channelGreen
Hex per channelR 2E · G 5A · B 53

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