Recognised as Colour
#2E8298
- #2E8298
- Cyan
- Dark
- Nearest: Teal
#2E8298 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 130, 152 and HSL 192°, 54%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.8:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Teal.
Colour values
#2E8298#2E8298
HEX#2E8298
RGBrgb(46, 130, 152)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5098, 0.5961
RGB percentages18%, 51%, 59.6%
HSLhsl(192.5, 53.5%, 38.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.5, 69.7%, 59.6%)
CMYK69.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 40.4%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,048,088
CSS custom property--colour: #2E8298;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.18813WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness114.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.76:1
Contrast with white4.41:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.76:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#D17D67
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.41:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.76:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#98442E
Analogous#2E9879, #2E4D98
Triadic#982E82, #82982E
Split complementary#982E4D, #98792E
Tetradic#792E98, #98442E, #4D982E
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R46
G130
B152
Red46 (18%)
Green130 (51%)
Blue152 (59.6%)
Hue192.45°
Saturation (HSL)53.54%
Lightness38.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 82 · B 98
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