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Recognised as Colour

#2E9297

  • #2E9297
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark cyan

#2E9297 is a cyan with RGB values 46, 146, 151 and HSL 183°, 53%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark cyan.

Colour values

#2E9297#2E9297
HEX#2E9297
RGBrgb(46, 146, 151)
RGB (0–1)0.1804, 0.5725, 0.5922
RGB percentages18%, 57.3%, 59.2%
HSLhsl(182.9, 53.3%, 38.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.9, 69.5%, 59.2%)
CMYK69.5%, 3.3%, 0%, 40.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,052,183
CSS custom property--colour: #2E9297;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.23373WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness125.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.67:1
Contrast with white3.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#7D7D7D
Inverted#D16D68

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#878B97no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#788098no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29 from the original
Tritanopia#009793no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.3 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.7:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark cyan · ΔE 5.7Teal · ΔE 8Cadetblue · ΔE 9.5Light seagreen · ΔE 15.9Light slate grey · ΔE 24.1Medium turquoise · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark cyan (#008B8B)ΔE 5.74, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#97332E
Analogous#2E9768, #2E5D97
Triadic#972E92, #92972E
Split complementary#972E5D, #97672E
Tetradic#682E97, #97332E, #5E972E

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#ABE3E6
Lighter +30%#84D6DA
Lighter +20%#5DC8CE
Lighter +10%#3AB8BE
Darker −10%#226C70
Darker −20%#164649
Darker −30%#0A2122
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#15A8B0
Less saturated −25%#477C7E

Channel breakdown

R46
G146
B151
Red46 (18%)
Green146 (57.3%)
Blue151 (59.2%)
Hue182.86°
Saturation (HSL)53.3%
Lightness38.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2E · G 92 · B 97

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