#2e5953

Color #2e5953

A muted dark cyan.

Closest named color Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f · ΔE 6.5 Nearest Tailwind class teal-900 #0b4f4a · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#2e5953

RGB

rgb(46, 89, 83)

HSL

hsl(171.6, 31.9%, 26.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(171.6, 48.3%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 6.7%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(34.7, -16.62, -1.18)

LCH

lch(34.7, 16.66, 184.06)

OKLCH

oklch(43.1%, 0.0492, 183.96)

HWB

hwb(171.6, 18%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#592e34

Analogous

#2e593e

#2e5953

#2e4a59

Triadic

#2e5953

#532e59

#59532e

Split-complementary

#2e5953

#592e4a

#593e2e

Tetradic

#2e5953

#2e3459

#592e34

#59532e

Square

#2e5953

#3e2e59

#592e34

#4a592e

Shades

Color #2e5953 mixed toward black.

#264a45

#1f3b37

#172d2a

#0f1e1c

#080f0e

Tints

Color #2e5953 mixed toward white.

#43827a

#5aaa9f

#83bfb7

#add4cf

#d6eae7

Tones

Color #2e5953 mixed toward gray.

#325651

#35524e

#394e4b

#3c4b49

#404746

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.87:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.67:1

White text reads better on this background (7.87:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#454554 · ΔE 21.5

Deuteranopia

#423f55 · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#315656 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#525252 · ΔE 15.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e5953;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e5953]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2e5953 (#2e5953) is rgb(46, 89, 83) in RGB.

No, #2e5953 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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