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Recognised as Colour

#2E727D

  • #2E727D
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#2E727D is a cyan with RGB values 46, 114, 125 and HSL 188°, 46%, 34%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.5:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#2E727D#2E727D
HEX#2E727D
RGBrgb(46, 114, 125)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.4471, 0.4902
RGB percentages18%, 44.7%, 49%
HSLhsl(188.4, 46.2%, 33.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.4, 63.2%, 49%)
CMYK63.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 51%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,043,965
CSS custom property--colour: #2E727D;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.14096WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness100.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.5:1
Contrast with white5.5:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black3.82:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#646464
Inverted#D18D82

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#686E7Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#5C657Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.2 from the original
Tritanopia#007775no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text5.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text3.82:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 12.5Dark cyan · ΔE 15.5Dark slate grey · ΔE 16.9Cadetblue · ΔE 17.6Slate grey · ΔE 17.8Light slate grey · ΔE 19.3
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 12.46, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7D392E
Analogous#2E7D61, #2E4A7D
Triadic#7D2E72, #727D2E
Split complementary#7D2E4A, #7D602E
Tetradic#612E7D, #7D392E, #4B7D2E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#9CD2DB
Lighter +30%#77C1CD
Lighter +20%#52B0BF
Lighter +10%#3C94A2
Darker −10%#205058
Darker −20%#132E32
Darker −30%#050C0D
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#198192
Less saturated −25%#436368

Channel breakdown

R46
G114
B125
Red46 (18%)
Green114 (44.7%)
Blue125 (49%)
Hue188.35°
Saturation (HSL)46.2%
Lightness33.53%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 72 · B 7D

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