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Recognised as Colour

#2E8098

  • #2E8098
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#2E8098 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 128, 152 and HSL 194°, 54%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.

Colour values

#2E8098#2E8098
HEX#2E8098
RGBrgb(46, 128, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.502, 0.5961
RGB percentages18%, 50.2%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(193.6, 53.5%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(193.6, 69.7%, 59.6%)
CMYK69.7%, 15.8%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,047,576
CSS custom property--colour: #2E8098;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18286WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness113.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.66:1
Contrast with white4.51:1WCAG normal text: AA
Contrast with black4.66:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#707070
Inverted#D17F67

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#727D99no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 19.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#637298no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 20.8 from the original
Tritanopia#008888no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 17.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.51:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text4.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 17Cadetblue · ΔE 17.3Slate grey · ΔE 17.5Steel blue · ΔE 17.6Light slate grey · ΔE 18Dark cyan · ΔE 18.1
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 16.99, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#98462E
Analogous#2E987B, #2E4B98
Triadic#982E80, #80982E
Split complementary#982E4B, #987B2E
Tetradic#7B2E98, #98462E, #4B982E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ACD9E6
Lighter +30%#85C7DA
Lighter +20%#5EB5CE
Lighter +10%#3AA1BF
Darker −10%#225F71
Darker −20%#163E4A
Darker −30%#0A1D23
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#158EB1
Less saturated −25%#47727F

Channel breakdown

R46
G128
B152
Red46 (18%)
Green128 (50.2%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue193.58°
Saturation (HSL)53.54%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 80 · B 98

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