Recognised as Colour

#2E6D74

#2E6D74
Cyan
Dark
Nearest: Teal

#2E6D74 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 109, 116 and HSL 186°, 43%, 32%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

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HEX#2E6D74

RGBrgb(46, 109, 116)

RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.4275, 0.4549

RGB percentages18%, 42.7%, 45.5%

HSLhsl(186, 43.2%, 31.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(186, 60.3%, 45.5%)

CMYK60.3%, 6%, 0%, 54.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,042,676

CSS custom property--colour: #2E6D74;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.12779WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness95.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.91:1

Contrast with white5.91:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.56:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#606060

Inverted#D1928B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#656975no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#5A6174no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 19.7 from the original

Tritanopia#00716Fno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.8 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text5.91:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.56:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.6 Dark slate grey · ΔE 14.2 Dark cyan · ΔE 16.1 Slate grey · ΔE 18.8 Cadetblue · ΔE 19 Dim grey · ΔE 20.5

Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.57, a distinctly different colour

Hue familycyan

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#74352E

Analogous#2E7458, #2E4A74

Triadic#742E6D, #6D742E

Split complementary#742E4A, #74582E

Tetradic#582E74, #74352E, #4A742E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#98D0D6

Lighter +30%#73BFC8

Lighter +20%#4FAFB9

Lighter +10%#3C8F99

Darker −10%#204B4F

Darker −20%#11282B

Darker −30%#030606

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#1A7D88

Less saturated −25%#425D60

Channel breakdown

R46

G109

B116

Red46 (18%)

Green109 (42.7%)

Blue116 (45.5%)

Hue186°

Saturation (HSL)43.21%

Lightness31.76%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 2E · G 6D · B 74

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Colour harmonies

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