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Recognised as Colour

#2F8389

  • #2F8389
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Teal

#2F8389 is a cyan with RGB values 47, 131, 137 and HSL 184°, 49%, 36%. 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

#2F8389#2F8389
HEX#2F8389
RGBrgb(47, 131, 137)
RGB (0–1)0.1843, 0.5137, 0.5373
RGB percentages18.4%, 51.4%, 53.7%
HSLhsl(184, 48.9%, 36.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(184, 65.7%, 53.7%)
CMYK65.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 46.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,113,865
CSS custom property--colour: #2F8389;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.18643WCAG 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 4.73:1
Contrast with white4.44:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black4.73:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#727272
Inverted#D07C76

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#797D89no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 24.3 from the original
Deuteranopia#6C7389no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 25.4 from the original
Tritanopia#008885no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text4.44:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text4.73:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Teal · ΔE 6.7Dark cyan · ΔE 8.2Cadetblue · ΔE 11.8Slate grey · ΔE 20.8Light slate grey · ΔE 21.3Light seagreen · ΔE 21.8
Nearest named CSS colourTeal (#008080)ΔE 6.72, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#89352F
Analogous#2F8962, #2F5689
Triadic#892F83, #83892F
Split complementary#892F56, #89622F
Tetradic#622F89, #89352F, #56892F

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A4DCE0
Lighter +30%#7ECDD3
Lighter +20%#58BEC6
Lighter +10%#3CA7AF
Darker −10%#225F63
Darker −20%#153A3D
Darker −30%#081617
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#1897A0
Less saturated −25%#466F72

Channel breakdown

R47
G131
B137
Red47 (18.4%)
Green131 (51.4%)
Blue137 (53.7%)
Hue184°
Saturation (HSL)48.91%
Lightness36.08%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 2F · G 83 · B 89

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