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Recognised as Colour

#2F5863

  • #2F5863
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#2F5863 is a cyan with RGB values 47, 88, 99 and HSL 193°, 36%, 29%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#2F5863#2F5863
HEX#2F5863
RGBrgb(47, 88, 99)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.3451, 0.3882
RGB percentages18.4%, 34.5%, 38.8%
HSLhsl(192.7, 35.6%, 28.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(192.7, 52.5%, 38.8%)
CMYK52.5%, 11.1%, 0%, 61.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,102,819
CSS custom property--colour: #2F5863;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08485WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness79.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.79:1
Contrast with white7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#505050
Inverted#D0A79C

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#515664no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 12.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#495063no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 13.1 from the original
Tritanopia#125C5Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 11.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 8Dim grey · ΔE 18.1Slate grey · ΔE 19.9Teal · ΔE 22.4Light slate grey · ΔE 22.7Gray · ΔE 24.2
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 8.02, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#633A2F
Analogous#2F6354, #2F3E63
Triadic#632F58, #58632F
Split complementary#632F3E, #63542F
Tetradic#542F63, #633A2F, #3E632F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#93BFCB
Lighter +30%#70ABBB
Lighter +20%#5095A8
Lighter +10%#3F7786
Darker −10%#1F3940
Darker −20%#0E1B1E
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1D6375
Less saturated −25%#414D51

Channel breakdown

R47
G88
B99
Red47 (18.4%)
Green88 (34.5%)
Blue99 (38.8%)
Hue192.69°
Saturation (HSL)35.62%
Lightness28.63%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G 58 · B 63

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